May 5, 1863
Title
May 5, 1863
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1863-05-05
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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English
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(5th Tuesday (continued))
Wounded. M. Osterhout[?] Nathan Earler, Ira Stuart Elige Pellon, John D Welles Missing John Moore. The train started about four PM from the park to come to the brigade but it got dark and commenced to rain and it did not get there: about eight o’clock i got on a horse and started to look for them through the woods and fields. but could not find them went back and set by a fire all night and it rained very hard. I did not have any overcoat or blanket so I had to take one of the saddle blankets and that was wet. On my way out passed through the town[?] of falmouth it is a very dirty place the houses are all old and built mostly on a side hill. *The place seemed to be about as large as lower laffeyette Sussex Co
Wounded. M. Osterhout[?] Nathan Earler, Ira Stuart Elige Pellon, John D Welles Missing John Moore. The train started about four PM from the park to come to the brigade but it got dark and commenced to rain and it did not get there: about eight o’clock i got on a horse and started to look for them through the woods and fields. but could not find them went back and set by a fire all night and it rained very hard. I did not have any overcoat or blanket so I had to take one of the saddle blankets and that was wet. On my way out passed through the town[?] of falmouth it is a very dirty place the houses are all old and built mostly on a side hill. *The place seemed to be about as large as lower laffeyette Sussex Co
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Gordon, Stephen, “May 5, 1863,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4070.