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Showing posts with label Quarantines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quarantines. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Diary of 5th Sergeant Lawrence Van Alstyne, February 11, 1863

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JUST at night, as I had finished the above, the Laurel Hill, the boat  that  brought us from quarantine to Chalmette, tied up in front of ca...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Diary of 5th Sergeant Lawrence Van Alstyne, Monday, January 5, 1863

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CHALMETTE.   Said to be just below the city of New Orleans. We left quarantine about 11 P. M. and reached here about 8 this morning. Many we...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, January 17, 1863

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Went out this morning for small hog, but couldn't find aged colored individual, so had to go back to camp porkless and in bad humor. Hav...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 6, 1863

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We have had no excitement since we left Vicksburg. Nothing has transpired here to cause a "yell" even. We have lived out the allot...
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, January 13, 1863

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Yesterday we had nothing to do, and spent the day writing letters to friends and relatives at home. In the afternoon had some little excitem...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, January 15, 1863

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Nothing of the least possible interest to any one has transpired since our confinement in quarantine. We draw our rations, cook, eat, sleep,...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, August 26, 1862

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New Orleans , Aug. 26th, 1862. Dear Sir : The troops at Baton Rouge have evacuated the place, without destroying it, and are now joined...