Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 21, 1863

And the 21 was a very cool and raney day,

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 28

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 22, 1863

And also the 22 day was raney and very cool.

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 28

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 23, 1863

And the 23 day was cloudy in the morning and cleared off warm about an hour befour the sun set

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 24, 1863

And the 24 day was warm and cloudy and the old Bludy 6th and 54 and 56 N. C. Regt was transferrd from the old 3 bregaid which was comanded by General Law (E. M. Law) to the 7 Bregaid which was comanded by General Holk (R. F. Hoke).

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 25, 1863

And the 25 day was cloudy and raind a littel in the morning about 12 olclock and we got to General Holk (Hoke) Bregaid about 11 oclock which was 15 miles from General Lows (Law's) Bregaid whar we started from

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 26, 1863

And the 26 day was warm and cloudy

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 27, 1863

And the 27 was a very raney day indeed

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 28, 1863

And when I got up the morning of the 28 it was a snowing and it snowed all day long

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 29, 1863

And the 29 day was clear and cool and the snow was about 10 inches deep on the ground

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 30, 1863

And the 30th was clear and cool

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, January 31, 1863

And the 31 was pritty and Mr. Mitchel Johnston and Mr. John Evans arrived at our camp today on a visit.

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 29

Diary of Henry Greville: Saturday, December 28, 1861

We are in a state of great suspense as to peace or war. The English newspapers are filled with extracts from the American journals, breathing fire and fury against England, and expressing the conviction, real or pretended, that as they have the law on their side, we shall bluster a little, but in the end submit, and that there is no fear of our going to war. The vessel bearing our ultimatum will have reached Halifax on the 15th. It was passed at Cape Race by one of our steamers, and its contents will have been telegraphed from Halifax to Washington and New York on that day; so that on Monday we may know the general effect produced by them. People are betting even on the result, and I hear that Palmerston has no faith in peace. At Paris the general opinion is that the French despatch will produce no effect, and very likely that the American Government will refuse to accept it, because it is styled the 'Federal,' not the United States Government.

I have had an interesting letter from Mary Ponsonby, with further details of the Windsor tragedy. When the gentlemen who were sent to Lisbon to condole on the late King of Portugal's death returned, and after the Prince had seen them, the Queen told Charles Grey that the Prince said to her, You may be glad, my dear, that I have not got a fever, for if I had, it would be just the same case as Pedro's.' And he then went on to say, what he had often told her before, that he did not care enough to live, to make a struggle for it, though he was very happy. The Queen felt alarmed at the dejected way in which he spoke of himself, and when Jenner told Her Majesty the following day that he believed the Prince's malady to be gastric fever, she desired that he would on no account mention this to anyone, for fear the Prince might hear of it, as she felt how fatal it would be if he got it into his head that he should not recover. Jenner kept his own counsel until the Saturday, when he told Phipps and Charles Grey that he had no doubt of the nature of the illness, as the appearance of spots made it evident. The next week was considered to be the eight days' crisis; Jenner always said he saw his way over four days of the time, but he doubted much whether he would pull him through the week.

However, the fever symptoms and all the characteristics of the illness abated from that moment, and they were all full of confidence that he would do well until the Friday, when congestion of the lungs came on, which he had no strength to fight against. The opinion was that he would not live through the night. There was a slight rally on Saturday, but the difficulty of breathing came on at the same hour as on Friday, and at eleven he expired. His muscular strength surprised the doctors, for he half got out of bed on Saturday, and those who attended him would not believe him to be dying, for except the look of fever, he had no appearance of being wasted or weak. He knew the Queen to the last, telling her in German that he loved her, and there was more speaking when they were alone, which those who were in the next room might have heard, as the doors were open, but they of course kept away. The last words he said to Princess Alice were 'Good child.' The Queen has appointed Lord James Murray Groom of the Bedchamber, vacant by the death of Bowater, and has made Francis Seymour, who was one of the Prince's oldest servants, an Extra Groom of the Bedchamber.

The young Portuguese Prince who was here lately with the present King has fallen ill of the same fever as that which carried off his two brothers. The King, at the urgent request of his Ministers and people, has removed from the Palace, and there have been tumults in the streets, a suspicion having arisen that the late King and his brothers had been poisoned. They probably were so by the bad drainage of the Palace, and a Sanitary Commission has been appointed to inquire into the matter. It would really seem as though the Coburgs were particularly bad subjects for fever, or had bad constitutions, and one cannot but feel some anxiety for our own Royal Family, who are also the offspring of first cousins. King Leopold arrived at Osborne yesterday.

SOURCE: Alice Countess of Stratford, Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville: 1861-1872, pp. 3-6

Diary of Henry Greville: Tuesday, December 31, 1861

I came here yesterday, and found the John Leslies, Dufferin, Frederick Leveson, and Algy Egerton. Telegrams from America up to the 18th state that the news from England had created prodigious excitement. The general opinion was that Slidell and Mason would under no circumstances be delivered up. The French despatch had not then arrived. Our despatch should have reached them by the 'Europa' on the 16th, but on the 18th the vessel had not arrived at Halifax. It was only known that the 'Trent' affair had produced a great sensation in England. Lord and Lady Salisbury came.

SOURCE: Alice Countess of Stratford, Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville: 1861-1872, pp. 6-7

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Tuesday, April 1, 1862

Two French men-of-war and the Monitor, close to the Onrust. Eighteen men from the centre section were sent to Hampton Roads in a small boat, in the afternoon, to unload the battery from the Novelty. Some of the other sections arrived there before us. At dark the centre section was sent back to the schooner; but, unable to find it in the dark, had to go aboard of one of the schooners occupied by Battery B.

SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 37

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Wednesday, April 2, 1862

Returned to Hampton at daylight. The battery and horses were unloaded at once. General Sedgwick ordered the battery to go to camp outside of Hampton, which was done in the afternoon.

SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 37

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Thursday, April 3, 1862

Hampton Roads. Great concentration of McClellan's army. Our battery has to give up the tents.

SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 37

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Friday, April 4, 1862

The Second Corps on the move. Started by eight o'clock A. M.; by four o'clock we went into park at Big Bethel, to camp for the night.

SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 37

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Saturday, April 5, 1862

Marched at daybreak. Cannonading going on in front of Yorktown. General McClellan passed the line amidst great cheering of the troops. Strong intrenchments were found near Howard's Mills. At six o'clock P. М. we went to camp three miles from Yorktown.

SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 37

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Sunday, April 6, 1862

Great scarcity of food. Our battery went on a reconnoisance with General Burns' brigade. Only the pieces were taken along, with eight horses to each. We are in plain sight of Yorktown. See the rebel flag floating from the parapet. They fire very frequently at our troops. After running suddenly against some of the enemy's batteries, we returned to our former camp, "Winfield Scott."

SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 37

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Monday, April 7, 1862

Siege of Yorktown. The engineers at work. Heavy ordnance on the way from Fortress Monroe.

SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 39