Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, Jackson, Tenn., February 15, 1863. It’s 11 o’clock now, so I haven’t much time to write. We’ve been having some trouble in the regiment this week. The colonel appointed Lieutenant Mattison, captain of Company “I,” vice Medley, resigned, and Lieutenant Dorrance, captain of Company K, to fill the vacancy occasioned by [...]
Washington Sunday Feb’y 15 1863. Went to the Senate Chamber this morning at 11. and heard G B Cheever the celebrated radical Abolitionist preach, or rather declaim against Slavery. I never heard the man before and had some curiosity to hear what he would say. The Senate Chamber was crowded. I did not leave the [...]
15th. Thought some of going to camp, but concluded not to. Made some taffy and read some in “Ravenshoe.” Called at Captain’s quarters and had a good visit. Seems lonely without Thede after being with him so constantly for a week or two. How hard it is for mother to be entirely alone. God bless [...]
Sunday, 15th–We had another all night rain, which again stopped work on the canal. We moved our tents a little distance, to get out of the mud, going onto higher ground, closer to the lake. We are still in the plantation lawn, however, which comprises about twenty acres and has a great variety of shrubbery [...]
FEBRUARY 15th.—Already, as if quite certain that the great Northwest would speedily withdraw from the Eastern United States, our people are discussing the eventualities of such a momentous occurrence. The most vehement opposition to the admission of any of the non-slaveholding States, whose people have invaded our country and shed the blood of our people, [...]
February 15, 1863, The New York Herald The above map clearly points out the position of the blockading fleet at the time when the rebel rams made the dash upon them on the 31st of January last. It will be seen that the Mercedita was stationed off the bar of Charleston harbor in the line [...]
February 15, 1863, The New York Herald The Army of the Rappahannock is still immovable. The state of the weather and the condition of the roads, no doubt, preclude the possibility of any military movements. Yesterday General Hooker visited General Sigel, and was accompanied on his return by that officer and General Stahel. Our special [...]
February 15, 1863, The New York Herald Our Special Mississippi Correspondence. ON BOARD THE RAM QUEEN OF THE WEST, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BELOW VICKSBURG, Feb. 5, 1863. The Union ram Queen of the West, which ran the blockade of the rebel batteries at Vicksburg on Monday morning last, and then ran further down the river, has [...]
February 15, 1863, The New York Herald When the startling news reached the community of the rottenness and unseaworthy character of the transport vessels of the Banks expedition, some of which had foundered, while others had been rescued with difficulty and towed ashore in a sinking condition, public indignation was excited throughout the whole country [...]