May 22nd, 1864
Title
May 22nd, 1864
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1864-05-22
Rights
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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Text
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22nd Sunday
Clear and very warm in the morning cloudy but no rain in the afternoon. Order to hook up at eight oclock. Stared at twelve PM. Went a quarter of a mile and stood until five PM. Got started again and went very slow. Arrived at Bowling Green about half past ten oclock. Before we left park this morning was ordered to send five days rations to the front. About four hours after the trained started to the front found out that there was a mistake in the order and in the place of sending five days we had ought to sent two days. Sent an orderly owl to notify the commissary ______ of the mistake.
Clear and very warm in the morning cloudy but no rain in the afternoon. Order to hook up at eight oclock. Stared at twelve PM. Went a quarter of a mile and stood until five PM. Got started again and went very slow. Arrived at Bowling Green about half past ten oclock. Before we left park this morning was ordered to send five days rations to the front. About four hours after the trained started to the front found out that there was a mistake in the order and in the place of sending five days we had ought to sent two days. Sent an orderly owl to notify the commissary ______ of the mistake.
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Gordon, Stephen, “May 22nd, 1864,” Gordon Diaries, accessed September 3, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4792.