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Showing posts with label Rubber Blankets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rubber Blankets. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Diary of Captain Joseph Stockton, February 19, 1863

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Left camp on the 16th on a scout to hunt up Blythe's forces. Orders came upon us suddenly to prepare two days rations and go in light ma...
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Diary of Dr. Alfred L. Castleman, September 7, 1861

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On the high land overlooking the Potomac, about six or seven miles above the Navy Yard at Washington, we have, since our arrival here, throw...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, October 10, 1862

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This morning the army begins to countermarch. They have done their work-have routed the rebel army in Mississippi. The morning has been clou...
Friday, April 17, 2020

Captain Charles Wright Wills: October 6, 1864 – 12 m.

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Rained all last night, and has just suspended for a few minutes, I expect. Kept dry, thanks to our rubber blankets. Drew five days' rat...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Captain Charles Wright Wills: April 24, 1863

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Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Lagrange, Tenn., April 24, '63. We have just returned from the hardest and yet by far the most pleas...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, January 4, 1865

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A large detail from the Fourteenth Army Corps was at work today on the fortifications. The Third Division of the Seventeenth Corps marched ...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, August 12, 1861

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Monday, August 12, 1861. We have just got back with our company from Battery Hill, where we have been on guard. It rained, pouring, all...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Diary of Private Charles H. Lynch: May 17, 1864

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Near Cedar Creek. Took account of stock this morning. A requisition goes to the quartermaster for a supply of clothes, rubber blankets, she...