July 2nd, 1861
Title
July 2nd, 1861
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1861-07-02
Rights
Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961.
Language
English
Text
2nd Thursday After breakfast I went out and picked about a quart of raspberries. After that parliament and I went a fishing in the mill pond. Par caught a very large eel and just as he got it!' upon the bank it broke the line and got in the pond again. About noon we got orders to go back to westmin ister again. Got there about one pm. Drew commissary stores at the depot and went out of town by the baltimore turnpike. Parked about one mile from the town and about a half a mile from the pike. There was from Eight to a thousand prisoners in town. There is a very hard battle being fought at getyysburgh the teams have been on half rations for two days but have full rations again today
Original Format
Diary
Files
Collection
Citation
Gordon, Stephen, “July 2nd, 1861,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4086.