Very snowy. The
Sibley D. T. relief train arrives with news of the fall of Vicksburg. Rumor
that M. T. Thomas, our colonel, is enroute for Ft. Abercrombie. I cut my wood.
I got out five lines of Virgil, commencing 75, book 2.
SOURCE: Lewis C.
Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 13
Three dog trains
arrived, one from Pembina, one from Goose River and Georgetown. I finished
burlesque, 23 pages.
SOURCE: Lewis C.
Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 14
Nothing of special
importance occurred except the arrival of train and last supplies from
Alexandria and mail. D. Phelps, Co. D, Seventh Minn., died of inflammation of
the bowels.
SOURCE: Lewis C.
Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 14
Regt in line to move
at 6. Rec orders to wait. At 12. I am sent with a detail to corderoy the road.
The train all stuck in the mud. men pull the wagons out with ropes. At 3. I am
relieved and report to the Regt. At 3.40 Regt in line to guard a train of 20 wagons,
(all that had been got over) to the other Brigade ahead, as they are out of
rations. Met Genl Grangers ambulances one mile out, begins to rain before we
get through rains hard & is very dark. Get through at 9. The train
sticks in the mud & is hard to get through. hear cannonading on the Bay all
P. M. we are now in the turpentine orchards, hundreds of pounds of resin on the
trees, get supper at 9, raining, retire at 10. Genl Veaches Div has overtaken
our rear. The Regt moved 6 miles today.
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa,
Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, pp. 578-9
Fatigue party goes
out at 5. a. m. to unload boats. spend A. M. going to the Commissary for grub,
and writing. P. M. go with Lt Loughridge to camp of 8th Iowa, while there this
Regt rec's orders to be ready to march at daylight tomorrow morning with 4 days
rations in their haver sacks. Genl Smiths whole corps rec's the same orders. We
see post of the line of breastworks about this camp, which are good &
strong & 9 miles in extent, seems as though these things come by magic,
they rise so quick. Genl Veachs Div gets in this P. М.; After dark the train
comes in, there is a big shout when the train crosses the pontoons. They lost
by bushrangers 14 men drivers. & as many mules Lt Loughridge & I were
out after Tattoo to learn the cause of the cheering when the train was coming
in, & hear some sweet music in another Regt. Word in camp that in a
skirmish 3 miles from camp this P. M. several men were wounded. 2 ambulance
loads said to have come in.
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa,
Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, pp. 579-80
Genl Smiths corps
commences moving at daylight; go out to see them pass; we rec orders to drill
from 10. to 11. A. M. This order is countermanded & orders to be ready to
move immediately. 5 days rations are issued to the men to be carried in the
haver sacks. The 13th Corp begin to move at 1. P. M. at 3.30 Regt falls in line
& moves out. march slow, and are to 9. P. M. getting to camp 5 miles from
Fish river station. Saw where the trees were marked where the skirmish had
occurred. I was detailed for picket as soon as I got to camp, had to go right
out. The train sticks in the mud 3 miles back & our grub did not get up,
boarded with the boys. Lt Hook Co C. detailed today as A. C. M. 3d Div. The
following promotions in co "G" are announced today. Sergt A.
Templeton to be 1st Sergt. Corp A. J. McCollum to be sergt. Privates W. H.
Downing T. J. Vineyard. H. J. Vanderwan & J. Lemons to be Corporals, Corp
W. Thomas at his own request is reduced to the ranks
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa,
Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, p. 580
Twenty-four above zero. Train left. Lieut. Larned left. Very stormy and blustery. Capt. and Lieut. Marsh returned. Clarke lost in the snow storm.
SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 12
Train left. Quite blustery in the morning. I moved into the former office of Major Day.
SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 12
Train did not leave for Breckenridge. Clarke found. A very warm day. I cleared the portico of snow and ice.
SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 12
7 Oc Amandus Mullen
& I took the cars for St. Louis arived 8 we then went to the arsenal &
to[ok] a view of all the preparations there for war then took the cars &
went to Corondelet took a view of the gun Boats building & the big guns.
took dinner with Anthony Lobsinger then took the cars for the citty then took
the Street Cars & came to Benton Barracks I was on Dress perade A Mullen
staid with us the night
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 97
Between daylight and
sunup about twelve hundred Federal cavalry surrounded Booneville, a. small
village station on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. There was one train of cars
there and about five or six hundred Confederates, including the sick and their
nurses, but there was no armed force there to defend the place. So the Federals
had quietly taken possession of the place, set fire to the depot and train of
cars, and had collected all the Confederates that were able to travel, and perhaps
a number that were not really able, and formed them in line ready to march off,
when about eighty of our battalion came upon the scene. Small as our squad was,
we made a daring charge and released the prisoners. How they (the prisoners)
did come yelling towards us! We then dropped back into the woods near by, and
after a little skirmishing, the Federals withdrew in time for us to save two
boxes of cars and also the engine. The train was loaded with arms and
ammunition. Our loss was one killed (Culwell), three wounded, and it was said
that the Federals carried off two prisoners, though the prisoners were not from
our battalion. The Federal loss was two killed, several wounded, and nine
prisoners. How those prisoners whom we released did appreciate being set at
liberty! And they did not forget it, but continued to express their gratitude
to our battalion when they happened to meet with any of us along through the
war. The release of five or six hundred prisoners, in the hands of twelve
hundred Federals, by not exceeding eighty Confederates, was no small feat.
The Confederate Army
was moving south along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, in the direction of
Booneville. So there was no little excitement in Confederate ranks on account
of the explosion of the bombshells in the burning cars, being taken for heavy
cannonading. However, they soon learned better, for it was not long before the
head of the column passed Booneville. Our sick had to get out, or be taken out,
of the depot to avoid being burned alive, so they were lying about on the
ground, some dead and others in a dying condition; so the scene was anything
but a pleasant one to look upon. Our battalion moved back to the same place we
camped the night before.
SOURCE: Richard R.
Hancock, Hancock's Diary: Or, A History of the Second Tennessee Confederate
Cavalry, p. 172-3
Very little mail Belle Ve Dere starts A. М. at 2 P. M. our Regt on board the Izetta to cross to depot. drop 4 miles below, & return to depot. unload at 4 P. M. raining hard. move up to depot. an Irish girl brings out hot coffee for some of the boys. at 7. load on the cars & have a 20 minutes run to Lake city, on Lake Pontchastran where at 8. P. M. cos B. G. & K embark on board steam ship Alabama. find it full of mules & about 300 men of some 7 regts. 35 Wis, 7th Vermont, 27 & 28th Wis 1st La. &c. at 10 weigh anchor and are off.
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, p. 575
Corinth. We were again disappointed, the train leaving us behind and nothing to do but wait another twenty-four hours. In the afternoon E. W. Evans and I went to the hospital where we learned that our comrade E. R. Hungerford had died at about 2 P. M. Sunday, and was to be buried in the evening.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 12
Warm and cloudy. At work in office in forenoon. At 5½ P M started to Decatur to attend Republican State Convention in company with quite a number of other delegates—Cars crowded—Very windy day, threatning rain, but giving none—turned quite cool towards night—Reached Decatur at 2 Oclock at night, and stopped at Macon House where Gilpin and I got a small, hard, bed together, and slept a little
SOURCE: The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. 1, pp. 404-5
our Regt left thar and
marched up toward Gordensvill And I was not able to go with them so they
excused me and started me back to the Hospital clost to Richmond And we had to
walk to Hanover Junction which was about 4 miles And we had to stay thar all
next day for we could not get eny cars to tak us eney futher
SOURCE: Bartlett
Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 24
we got on the cars
about 8 oclock and got to the Hospital about 11 And then I staid at the
Hospital untell the 2 day of September
SOURCE: Bartlett
Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 24
I taken the cars at
Richmond and got as far as Gordensvill the first day
SOURCE: Bartlett
Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 24
we rode on the cars
as far as Rapadan River and Bridg was burnt thar and then we had to walk from
thar to our Regiment And it was 115 miles to Winchester And 35 from thar to the
Reg. but we left Rapadan
SOURCE: Bartlett
Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 24
We left Harper's
Ferry in the morning. During the afternoon, the battery was loaded on railroad
cars at Sandy Hook. The train started by seven o'clock in the evening, for Washington.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light
Artillery, p. 36
Revelie at 3 A. M.
Raining Regt moves out of camp at 6:30 a. m. & are on the cars at 8, a. m.
cars were crowded, 1/3 of men on top, at Duvalls Bluff at 1. P. M. on board
steamer Paragon at 4 P. M. 50th Ind on board Rowena we tie up 30 mile below.
Duvalls Bluffs a perfect mudhole. Left mail at the Rock, which was not
destributed. Rained almost incessantly all day.
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa,
Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, p. 574
