CAMP ON WEST FORK OF MONONGAHELA RIVER, WESTON, VIRGINIA, Tuesday, P. M., July 30, 1861. DEAREST:–We are in the loveliest spot for a camp you ever saw–no, lovelier than that; nothing in Ohio can equal it. It needs a mountainous region for these beauties. We do not know how long we shall stay, but we [...]
JULY 30th.—Nothing of importance to-day.
July 30. Tuesday.–Warm, bright morning. Damp in the tent with the fogs of the night. Hang out my duds to dry. Have met here divers Cincinnati acquaintances and Lieutenant Conger and Dr. Rice, of Fremont. Just now a fine young first lieutenant (Jewett of Zanesville) was accidentally shot by a gun falling on the ground [...]
Washington, D. C. London, July 30, 1861. My Dear Sir,–I arrived here the day before yesterday, and through the kindness of a mutual friend had an interview of an hour’s duration, last evening, with Lord Palmerstbn, in one of the private galleries of the House of Commons. The length to which his lordship allowed our [...]
Warning The following journal entry contains wording that is offensive to many in the world of today. However, the entry is provided unedited for its historical content and context. Tuesday, July 30.—Thick, cloudy weather and heavy rains. Hauling in to the coast of Venezuela near the entrance to the gulf of Para. So thick is [...]
WESTON, VIRGINIA, Tuesday Morning, July 30, 1861. DEAR UNCLE:–If you look on the map you can find this town about twenty-five miles south of Clarksburg, which is about one hundred miles east of Parkersburg on the Northwest Virginia Railroad. So much for the general location; and if you were here, you would see on a [...]
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1861. Another day has passed away and no particular thing has occured of note. Little Holly had his face pretty badly burned this morning. Chas dressed it and it seems to be doing well. Wrote to C R. Taft & Col Paine. Came home before 3 o’clock. My right great toe is [...]
Receiving the nurses, and seeing that they were safely started on their way to various hospitals, and reporting to the New York committees on their services therein were among our occupations in the first year of the war. New York, July 30th. My dear Miss Woolsey: I was extremely glad to receive your excellent letter [...]
Social formalities were entirely abandoned in Washington in war time. The Ebbitt House public parlors were on a level with F street and the windows were always open. Any friends in passing would catch a glimpse of us and happen in for comradeship, giving bits of news, and offering kindly services. One group of four [...]
Daily Chronicle & Sentinel Augusta, Ga July 30, 1861 Culverton, Hancock Co., Ga., July 27. Editor Chronicle & Sentinel:–I read various accounts in the papers of what the ladies are doing for our soldiers. I should like to furnish an instance for your paper which I think quite as good if not better than any [...]
July 30th.—I have just been conversing with some young soldiers, who joined in the dangers and glories of the battle-field. They corroborate what I had before heard of the presence of Northern females. I would not mention it before in my diary, because I did not wish to record any thing which I did not [...]
July 30.–Senator Trumbull of Ohio spoke in the Senate of the United States on the Bill to suppress insurrection, and favored the approval of what had been done by the President before Congress assembled as done by the legal representative of the nation in the nation’s defence. Senator Carlile spoke against the 8th section of [...]
July 30, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Missouri State Convention declared vacant the offices of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Secretary of State, by a vote of 56 to 25. The seats of the members of the Legislature were also declared vacant. The State officers and a majority of the Legislature were [...]