November 21, 1862
Title
November 21, 1862
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1862-11-21
Contributor
Stewart, James
Rights
Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961.
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Language
English
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Text
Text
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Near where we stopped last night was a small log house and early in the morning our crowd consisting of Lieuts. Vanvoy and Shimer, J.P. Kelly, N.W. Savacool, Mart Kintner G.A. Stuart D. Johnston and myself JS McCarter was with us cleaned it out built a fire and moved in. We had just got everything fixed to suit us and along came the 121st New York to relieve us and we had to pack up and move out. it was about 12 M and we started for camp which was full five miles where we arrived about five PM. The mud was half knee deep nearly all of the way. after we got in camp we drew three days rations, a brass band for the brigade arrived at night.
Near where we stopped last night was a small log house and early in the morning our crowd consisting of Lieuts. Vanvoy and Shimer, J.P. Kelly, N.W. Savacool, Mart Kintner G.A. Stuart D. Johnston and myself JS McCarter was with us cleaned it out built a fire and moved in. We had just got everything fixed to suit us and along came the 121st New York to relieve us and we had to pack up and move out. it was about 12 M and we started for camp which was full five miles where we arrived about five PM. The mud was half knee deep nearly all of the way. after we got in camp we drew three days rations, a brass band for the brigade arrived at night.
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Gordon, Stephen , “November 21, 1862,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/3941.