Eliza writes:On reaching home we found everything in the nicest order, gas lighted, bright fires, plenty of flowers, a delicious supper, and Thomson and his whole family, and Mechie (the gardener) with his arms full of pears and grapes, waiting to welcome us. They were all glad to have us back, and seemed unable to [...]
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1861. I have not been out today but kept close in the house feeling quite miserable and coughing about half the time. We have had “calls” very frequent. Mr [Vanlbickel?] and Mr Blackburn from Lyons were here sometime, Dr Barnes of the 27th, and a good many Ladies. The Door bell has [...]
Head-Quarters Camp of Instruction, Benton Barracks, (near St. Louis, Mo.,) Oct 16 1861 Brig Genl L. Thomas Sir I am exceedingly embarrassed in the matter of Staff officers. I am entitled to 2 Aids and you know I need them. Yet I have none. I now ask that Geo S. Pierce distinguished in the fight [...]
OCTOBER 16th.—Col. M. applied to me to-day for a passport to Maryland, bringing a strong letter from Mr. Hunter, and also a note from Col. Bledsoe, Chief of the Bureau of War. He seemed thunderstruck when I informed him that Gen. Winder had obtained an order from the Secretary of War to detain him. A [...]
Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], October 16, 1861 The Ohio State Journal, of the 8th instant, publishes an account of the descent of the U. S. Marshal upon a “Castle” of the Knights of the Golden Circle. The “Castle” was located in Marion, Ohio, where there is said to be a large number of the Knights. [...]
Wednesday, October 16.—Nothing of any interest happened to-day. The morning was pleasant, and the afternoon cloudy. We stopped our engines at 6 p.m. and drifted, being about twenty miles from the Capes.
16th. A letter by the kindness of Mrs. Haynes. Stood guard for Delos a little while.
Wednesday, 16th–Colonel A. M. Hare, who arrived today, is in command of our regiment, the Eleventh Iowa. His home is at Muscatine. More visitors in camp today, and they are usually invited to take dinner or supper with us, as the case may be.
October 16th.– Day follows day and resembles its predecessor. McClellan is still reviewing, and the North are still waiting for victories and paying money, and the orators are still wrangling over the best way of cooking the hares which they have not yet caught. I visited General McDowell to-day at his tent in Arlington, and [...]
October 16.—We had a pleasant evening. While N. read the papers we were knitting for the soldiers. An account is given of some small successes. Our men, near Pensacola, have broken up the camp of “Billy Wilson’s Zouaves,” of which we have heard so much; and Captain Hollins of the navy has broken the blockade [...]
October 16.–At Annapolis, Md., a presentation of standards to the regiments of Brigadier-General Viele’s command, took place. The standards were the united gift of Mrs. Brigadier-General Viele and the Union Defence Committee, of New York. They were of the regulation size, made of the heaviest Canton silk, and fringed with heavy gold bullion. Each standard [...]
October 16, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Recapture of Lexington, Mo., by a small Union force under Major White, the main body of the rebels having previously evacuated the city. Rebels routed at Bolivar, near Harper’s Ferry Sharp skirmish at Ironton, Mo. Battle at Pilot Knob, Mo.; rebels routed. A [...]