June 17th, 1864
Title
June 17th, 1864
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1864-06-17
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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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English
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June 17th Friday
Started about eleven AM after going two miles. Overtook the 9th corps and sent headquarter train and as they cannot get our of the road we went into park. Was just going to bed when we was ordered ___ hook up and move on. Started at half past ten PM. ____ the ____ of a mill that had been burned today. At the mill we turned to the right. Crossed(?) the city point and ____ railroad about two miles from city point and parked in an open field at a crossroad(?) about one mile from the latter place. Parked at six _____ in the morning of the 18th.
Started about eleven AM after going two miles. Overtook the 9th corps and sent headquarter train and as they cannot get our of the road we went into park. Was just going to bed when we was ordered ___ hook up and move on. Started at half past ten PM. ____ the ____ of a mill that had been burned today. At the mill we turned to the right. Crossed(?) the city point and ____ railroad about two miles from city point and parked in an open field at a crossroad(?) about one mile from the latter place. Parked at six _____ in the morning of the 18th.
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Gordon, Stephen, “June 17th, 1864,” Gordon Diaries, accessed April 17, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4891.