October 16th, 1861
Title
October 16th, 1861
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1861-10-16
Rights
Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, "FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961"
Language
English
Type
Document
Text
16th Friday
rained some during the night
& in the morning fed the teams and started
to park where we arrived about
9 A.M. Capt. Weelan and Lieut
Bradford who went to the front
with us last night and started
back about one hour before we
did was captured. Bradford had
about twelve hundred dollars
government funds with him. Capt.
Wheelan had about six hundred
they each had horses
their capture created quite a sensation in camp Lieut and quartermaster Sayre is appointed as Acting
in the Q.M. Dept and C.S. Depot too
last when i started for the
front i borrowed a horse from the
sutlers of that 1st Regt. and while
we was out there the sutler was
all ordered to alexandria. So I
have a horse to keep.
rained some during the night
& in the morning fed the teams and started
to park where we arrived about
9 A.M. Capt. Weelan and Lieut
Bradford who went to the front
with us last night and started
back about one hour before we
did was captured. Bradford had
about twelve hundred dollars
government funds with him. Capt.
Wheelan had about six hundred
they each had horses
their capture created quite a sensation in camp Lieut and quartermaster Sayre is appointed as Acting
in the Q.M. Dept and C.S. Depot too
last when i started for the
front i borrowed a horse from the
sutlers of that 1st Regt. and while
we was out there the sutler was
all ordered to alexandria. So I
have a horse to keep.
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Diary
Files
Collection
Citation
Gordon, Stephen, “October 16th, 1861,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4324.