October 1 - 4, 1862
Title
October 1 - 4, 1862
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1862-10-01 thru 1862-10-04
Contributor
Stewart, James
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Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961.
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open field. Very heavy dew.
2nd.
This morning i went around to see the city did not think it a very nice one got three days rations and our small tents. Started at about 3 PM and marched eight miles camped in an open field slept on the ground.
3rd.
Started about 5 AM passed through Middleton Cookville and boonsborough marched about twenty one miles was very tired. Saw Lieut. Griggs and Theo. Harker of Harris Light Cav. Camped about half a mile from Bakersville in an open field.
4th.
Started about 4 PM and marched through bakersville. Marched about two miles camped on a hill near the first-‐New Jersey brigade. Saw saw [sic] my old friends from Newton in Co. B 2nd Regt and Co. D. 3rd Regt. Light shower in the night the wind blowed hard and blew some of the tents down.
2nd.
This morning i went around to see the city did not think it a very nice one got three days rations and our small tents. Started at about 3 PM and marched eight miles camped in an open field slept on the ground.
3rd.
Started about 5 AM passed through Middleton Cookville and boonsborough marched about twenty one miles was very tired. Saw Lieut. Griggs and Theo. Harker of Harris Light Cav. Camped about half a mile from Bakersville in an open field.
4th.
Started about 4 PM and marched through bakersville. Marched about two miles camped on a hill near the first-‐New Jersey brigade. Saw saw [sic] my old friends from Newton in Co. B 2nd Regt and Co. D. 3rd Regt. Light shower in the night the wind blowed hard and blew some of the tents down.
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Gordon, Stephen , “October 1 - 4, 1862,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/3921.