October 2nd, 1864
Title
October 2nd, 1864
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1864-10-02
Contributor
Privitt, Alex
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Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961.
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Language
English
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Oct
2nd Sunday
cloudy but no rain.
moved up to the brigade
and issued got through
about four oclock PM
Received my pay and
Clothing money amounting
to fifty (?) seven dollars
and sixty five cents
Sent forty dollars home
by Major Smith
order received at
the (?) 2n(d) to move at
daylight in the morning.
Capt Douglas has
leave of absence
Capt Connish (William·,T. Cornish) is
promoted to major of the 39th
Regt NJ Vols* now
raising in the state
*Transcribers Note: "Organized
at Newark, N.J., October 3, 1864.
Left state for City Point, Va.,
by detachments October
4-10, 1864." Dyer's Compendium,
Vol. II, p. 1366.
2nd Sunday
cloudy but no rain.
moved up to the brigade
and issued got through
about four oclock PM
Received my pay and
Clothing money amounting
to fifty (?) seven dollars
and sixty five cents
Sent forty dollars home
by Major Smith
order received at
the (?) 2n(d) to move at
daylight in the morning.
Capt Douglas has
leave of absence
Capt Connish (William·,T. Cornish) is
promoted to major of the 39th
Regt NJ Vols* now
raising in the state
*Transcribers Note: "Organized
at Newark, N.J., October 3, 1864.
Left state for City Point, Va.,
by detachments October
4-10, 1864." Dyer's Compendium,
Vol. II, p. 1366.
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Gordon, Stephen, “October 2nd, 1864,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4717.