May 12 - 13, 1863
Title
May 12 - 13, 1863
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1863-05-12 and 1863-05-13
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
Type
Text
Text
12th Tuesday
Very warm all day. There was not much to do today. The ovens are ready and the bakers commened [sic] baking to night. Expected my furlough down tonight but it has not come
13th Wensday [sic]
Very hot untill [sic] after dinner when it commenced to shower lightly. The third and part of the fifteenth went on picket today. Issued two days rations to the regts. My furlough came back to night approved for ten days very busy fixing to get off
Very warm all day. There was not much to do today. The ovens are ready and the bakers commened [sic] baking to night. Expected my furlough down tonight but it has not come
13th Wensday [sic]
Very hot untill [sic] after dinner when it commenced to shower lightly. The third and part of the fifteenth went on picket today. Issued two days rations to the regts. My furlough came back to night approved for ten days very busy fixing to get off
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Diary
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Collection
Citation
Gordon, Stephen , “May 12 - 13, 1863,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4076.