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Showing posts with label WJ Davidson. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, March __, 1863

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We have had a week of comparative quiet since my last entry. The enemy have ceased shelling, and it is believed that they have abandoned the...

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

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I have allowed a huge gap to occur in this Diary, for which I can offer a poor excuse. I have been sick with head-ache for about three weeks...

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

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CAMP 15 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON, MISS.—Another month has passed away since my last writing—a month big with events in the history of the Fort...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, May 23, 1863

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NEAR CANTON.—We have marched five miles this morning, and are now in two miles of Canton. Our force is now ten or twelve thousand strong, an...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 27, 1863

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PORT HUDSON, LA. We arrived at this port yesterday at noon, having made a quick run from the scene of our late action, coming through withou...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 28, 1863

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WATERLOO. We got under way yesterday evening and came up to Waterloo, the scene of our first battle, where we again tied up, to allow the me...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, Sunday, March 1, 1863

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Went up to Atchafalaya last night where we threw off our cotton and took on wood. This is a bright, sunny morning, though rather cool. I hav...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, Friday, March 6, 1863

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After a lapse of several days, I again resume my diary. I was taken sick on the 1st inst., and have been unable to note the incidents as the...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, March 9, 1863

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We left Alexandria yesterday, to the manifest joy of the inhabitants of that village, and I believe our own crew is as happy at the parting ...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, March 11, 1863

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PORT HUDSON. We arrived in port yesterday, having made the run without incident worthy of note. Colonel Brand has taken a list of our names,...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, March 14, 1863

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We have had no fight here yet, but from the indications it can't be deferred much longer. We have drawn one hundred rounds of ammunition...

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

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About sundown the shelling ceased, and nearly all of us returned to camp to endeavor to sleep, as we had been up all the night preceding unl...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, March 20, 1863

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The gun-boats and steamers are still below the bend, where they have been since Monday. They come up every day and throw shells at our batte...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 19, 1863

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ON BOARD THE CONFEDERATE GUN BOAT DR. BEATTY,} February 19, 1863.} YESTERDAY the expedition for the "wiping out" of the Yankee G...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 21, 1863

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Yesterday we had a pleasant time, compared with that of the day before. The whole command sobered off, and, the day being fine, we enjoyed t...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 21, 1863—5 p.m.

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We have passed the danger for the present, and our boat is now steaming up Red river. The Indianola went up the Mississippi last night, and ...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 22, 1863

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Last night we tied up at the mouth of Red river, and this morning found our boat aground; but, after several hours' work, got her safely...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, February 22, 1863—Evening

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About one o'clock we met the balance of our fleet coming down, and our boat turned her prow down stream to act in concert with them. The...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, Monday, February 23, 1863

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We are steaming up the river in search of the enemy, and have just passed the place where he lay-to last night; so that we are now in full c...

Diary of Private W. J. Davidson, Monday, February 23, 1863—Evening

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We have just had some sport. Five negroes hailed us, and on being asked if they wished to come aboard, answered "yes" with every d...