Diary 1 (July 1, 1861 - November 9, 1861)
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July 1st, 1861
July 1863 1st Wensday The weather is very pleasant today, In the morning I went and had a bath and put on clean clothes. Issued one days ration of whiskey fresh meat coffee sugar bread. About six pm we got orders to go back to spring mills. Went very…
July 2nd, 1861
2nd Thursday After breakfast I went out and picked about a quart of raspberries. After that parliament and I went a fishing in the mill pond. Par caught a very large eel and just as he got it!' upon the bank it broke the line and got in the pond…
July 3rd, 1861
July 3d Friday This morning Parliament and I went downtown and bouaht 0 some bread and potatoes. the bread costs from thirty-eight to fifty cents a loaf and the potatoes a dollar a bush I went to the park and got a horse to carry the things on. This…
July 3rd, 1861 (continued)
Rebel prisoners are coming into the town by hundreds all ready nearly two thousand have arrived they are to be sent to baltimore. It is reported that the rebel Gen. Longstreet is captured Gen Ryenolds of the first corps is killed Gen sickles lost a…
July 4th, 1861
4th Sunday This morning Par and i went about and picked about three quarts of raspberries fished a while in spring mill pond but did not catch anything. In the afternoon there was a very hand shower there was some very large hail fell. Lieut Bradford…
July 5th, 1861
5th Sunday Last night we made our beds as usual on the ground with no thing over us and during the night it connnenced to rain and rained hard until morning. Par got up when it commenced but Dooey and myself laid still and i slept just as well as i…