Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft

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Sunday Feb 16th 1862 Cold and wintry day but has thawed some. Out to church with family this morning. Almeron Field came up from his quarters and went to Church with us. Doct Smith preached. The air in the church abominable, no ventilation. No further news from Fort Donoldson yet. ______ The three diary manuscript [...]

Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.

(At St. Paul’s) “He wore the gown over the Confederate gray—it was strange to see the bright military buttons gleam beneath the canonicals. Every thing is strange now!”—Diary of a Southern Refugee, Judith White McGuire.

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Sunday, 16th.—This morning we left home early, to be present at the funeral of Captain Wise, but we could not even approach the door of St. James’s Church, where it took place. The church was filled at an early hour, and the street around the door was densely crowded. The procession approached as I stood [...]

Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War by Judith White McGuire