August 14th, 1864

Title

August 14th, 1864

Creator

Gordon, Stephen

Date

1864-08-14

Contributor

Privitt, Alex

Rights

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

Format

.jpg

Language

English

Type

Text

Text

14th Sunday
very warm most of the day. towards evening a wind sprung up had . a few drops of rain A very heavy shower passed around us have been to work all day on the may paper. made an abstract of issue to troops Saw a funeral procession leave the town just below us. It seemed queer as they had no martial music with it.

Original Format

Diary

Files

frsp_3985_0027.jpg

Citation

Gordon, Stephen, “August 14th, 1864,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4624.