Saturday, October 26.—General Williams’ brigade and our battery marched off to Muddy Branch in the morning. Arrived there, in camp of the Twenty-eighth New York, in the afternoon.
SATURDAY 26 A dark cloudy day but no rain. Was down to the post office. Called at the office of Fenwick & Lawrence Pat Agts. Have spent most of the day at home reading the news &c. Wood being $8.00 pr cord I cannot afford to hire it sawed so I saw it myself. The [...]
OCTOBER 26th.—Immense amounts of patriotic contributions, in clothing and provisions, are daily registered.
THE FORCED MARCH TO SPRINGFIELD. Bolivar, October 26th. Zagonyi’s success has roused the enthusiasm of the army. The old stagers took it coolly, but the green hands revealed their excitement by preparing for instant battle. Pistols were oiled and reloaded, and swords sharpened. We did all this a month ago, before leaving St. Louis. We [...]
October 26th. This morning I was awakened by loud cheers from the camp of the Benton Cadets. My servant came at my call. “What are those cheers for, Dan?” “The Body-Guard has won a great victory, Sir! They have beaten the Rebels, driven them out of Springfield, and killed over a hundred of them. The [...]
Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], October 26, 1861 Our South-Eastern Border. Every day the necessity becomes more apparent for sending troops along the line between our State and Missouri. Marauding parties are almost constantly scouting along the border, sacking and burning our infant towns, and committing depredations among the inhabitants. The Kansas Brigade, which has so [...]
Camp Leslie, Hall’s Hill, Fairfax County, Va., Oct. 26, 1861. Friend P——s.:— To-day has been a great day with us. General McClellan and staff reviewed General Porter’s Division, of which we form a part. Five brigades were reviewed. We are attached to General Butterfield’s Brigade. Our regiment was very highly complimented by the General, as [...]
Saturday, 26th–We drilled with our new arms this morning for the first time. Some of the men are awfully awkward in shouldering arms and using the ramrod and returning it to its place. It is also quite amusing to hear some of the officers give orders when we are going through the manual of arms.
October 26th.–More reviews. To-day rather a pretty sight–12 regiments, 16 guns, and a few squads of men with swords and pistols on horseback, called cavalry, comprising Fitz-John Porter’s division. McClellan seemed to my eyes crest-fallen and moody to-day. Bright eyes looked on him; he is getting up something like a staff, among which are the [...]
October 26. – At Mill Creek, five miles from Romney, Gen. Kelley’s force came upon the rebel’s outposts, which they drove in, and advanced to the Indian Mound Cemetery, to the west of the town, where the rebels made a stand and opened fire with a twelve-pound rifled gun, placed in a very commanding position [...]
October 26, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Rebels routed by the Union troops at Romney, Va., retreated to Winchester. Gallant charge of Major Zagonyi, of Fremont’s Body Guard, with 160 men, through a rebel force 2,000 strong, at Springfield, Mo.; rebels signally defeated and many of them killed. A Chronological [...]