Diary 6 (March 21, 1865 - June 24, 1865)

Title

Diary 6 (March 21, 1865 - June 24, 1865)

Creator

Gordon, Stephen

Date

1865

Contributor

Stewart, James

Rights

Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, "FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961"

Language

English

Type

Text

Items in the Diary 6 (March 21, 1865 - June 24, 1865) Collection

First Page- Diary 6 (March 21, 1865 - June 24, 1865)

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March 21st - 22nd, 1865

March 21 Tuesday Cloudy with some rain nothing to do and very dull and lonesome. Subscribed one dollar to General Sedgwick's Monument March 22 Wednesday Cloudy and very high wind Blowing down trees and chimneys. Very dull no news. nothing to do…

March 23rd - 24th, 1865

March 23 Thursday Cloudy but no rain. The wind has blown very hard all day __ up and __ and Blowing down chimneys. Five trees at these headquarters (1st Div . 6 Corps) have shown. The dust blew so that it was almost impossible to see at all. A very…

March 25th, 1865

March 25 Saturday About two o'clock firing commenced on our right near Fort Hell. The rebels had attacked and broken our line. They occupied nearly one mile of it. But was finnally driven back with great loss. Our division went down to help the 9th…

March 25th, 1865 (continued)

March 25 Saturday About two o'clock firing commenced on our right near Fort Hell. The rebels had attacked and broken our line. They occupied nearly one mile of it. But was finnally driven back with great loss. Our division went down to help the 9th…