November 6th, 1861

November 6th, 1861

Gordon, Stephen

Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, "FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961"

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6th Friday

Clear but very windy today.

although it was very cloudy

last night there was no rain.

Went to the depot Early in the

morning and drew stores but could

not get any bread. came back

and issued two days rations.

About eight oclock at night

the train came up and I got

twenty three hundred loaves of

bread. Orders came to have the

teams ready to harness at half

past six in the morning.

It is supposed that we are

going to fredericksburg again

there was an empty train of

Can (?) come up and they commenced to

load him up with stores

that way then. The wind blew

very hard all day but went

down at sundown

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