June 1 - 2, 1863
Title
June 1 - 2, 1863
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1863-06-01 and 1863-06-02
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
June 1st Monday
The wind has blowed quite hard all day. The dust is awful it blows in every direction business quite brisk. There is whiskey sold every morning now (except Sunday) before nine o’clock wrote a letter to my friend Irving Drake
2nd Tuesday
Cloudy with some rain Business dull. Whiskey is the only thing that sells well after Supper went over to the company. paid sixty cents for two pairs cotton socks. Fifteen cents for one [illegible] peanuts, ten cents apeice [sic] for small lemons
The wind has blowed quite hard all day. The dust is awful it blows in every direction business quite brisk. There is whiskey sold every morning now (except Sunday) before nine o’clock wrote a letter to my friend Irving Drake
2nd Tuesday
Cloudy with some rain Business dull. Whiskey is the only thing that sells well after Supper went over to the company. paid sixty cents for two pairs cotton socks. Fifteen cents for one [illegible] peanuts, ten cents apeice [sic] for small lemons
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Diary
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Collection
Citation
Gordon, Stephen, “June 1 - 2, 1863,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4113.