November 3rd-4th, 1864
Title
November 3rd-4th, 1864
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1864-11-03
1863-11-04
1863-11-04
Contributor
Privitt, Alex
Rights
Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961.
Format
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Language
English
Type
Text
Text
Thursday
3rd (Wensday crossed out)
Cloudy with light drizzling
rain all day. very dull
in park went downtown
and got my hair cut
and sharnpooned (sic) & shaved
Capt Conven went to
Baltimore today. He
went in citizen clothes
Friday
4th (Thursday crossed out)
Cloudy and light rain
rite (sic) cold. Supply train
carne in from the front
Russell of our dept was
captured by Guerilla but
escaped. Borrowed
a suit of citizen clothes
and got a pass as (?) citizen
clerk to go to Baltimore.
start at two oclock in the morning
3rd (Wensday crossed out)
Cloudy with light drizzling
rain all day. very dull
in park went downtown
and got my hair cut
and sharnpooned (sic) & shaved
Capt Conven went to
Baltimore today. He
went in citizen clothes
Friday
4th (Thursday crossed out)
Cloudy and light rain
rite (sic) cold. Supply train
carne in from the front
Russell of our dept was
captured by Guerilla but
escaped. Borrowed
a suit of citizen clothes
and got a pass as (?) citizen
clerk to go to Baltimore.
start at two oclock in the morning
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Diary
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Collection
Citation
Gordon, Stephen, “November 3rd-4th, 1864,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4749.