19th. Felt miserable in the morning. Hospital moved to the brick church. Col. Dod and Bob worked at the old wagon. Thede and Mike went for cherries for a cherry pie tomorrow. Byerley came over. Read some in “Barnaby Rudge.” In the evening got a letter from Lucy Randall. Wrote a letter to Fannie.
Friday, 19th–It is again quite warm. Every morning at about 2 o’clock we have to form a line of battle, so that if the rebels should come in upon us we would be ready for them; but I do not think they will come. On account of the very poor water here, several of the [...]
Lagrange, Tenn., June 19, 1863. The general and Sam went to Memphis yesterday to visit General Hurlbut, and the major and I have charge of the machine. The cavalry under command of Colonel Mizner went south last Tuesday. They have a good sized object in view, and if they succeed will be gone some ten [...]
June 19th. Commences with calm and pleasant weather. At nine A. M., inspected crew at quarters. Mr. Watson and Lieut. Eaton of U. S. A. signal Corps, went overland to lower fleet. From eight P. M. to midnight, occasional firing in rear of Port Hudson.
June 19th.—Gen. Lee telegraphs from Culpepper Court House yesterday, that Gen. Rhodes captured Martinsburg, Sunday, 14th inst., taking several guns, over 200 prisoners, and a supply of ammunition and grain. Our loss was only one killed and two wounded. The Secretary of the Navy is in bad odor for ordering out the Atlanta at Savannah [...]
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd JUNE 19TH.–For a month we have been watching our enemy vigilantly, and a panorama, consisting of a great variety of war scenes, has, during that time, passed before us. We have had charging, digging rifle-pits, blowing up forts and firing all sizes of cannon, to say nothing of [...]
June 19, 1863, The New York Herald Mr. T. M. Cook’s Letter. ON THE MARCH, June 17, 1863. SCOUTS. Scouts from the mountain passes of the Blue Ridge bring in but little interesting news. In fact; you are probably better posted in regard to the rebel movements from the front than you can be from [...]
June 19, 1863, Menphis Daily Appeal (Atlanta, Ga) A letter from a correspondent to the Richmond Examiner, dated Richmond, June 7, gives the following narrative of the inhumanity of the Yankees toward the exiles from Western Virginia: I received a letter this morning from a refugee, giving an account of the banishment of [...]
June 19, 1863, The New York Herald It appears that the detachment from General Lee’s forces which for several days was in occupation of Chambersburg has fallen back to a safer position; that Harrisburg is secure, and that the general drift of the advanced fragments of the rebel army has been turned westward, as if [...]
June 19, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (FOR THE MERCURY.) At 5 o’clock, a.m., June 21, 1863, I was awakened in my bed by the driver, who rushed precipitately in my room, and informed me that two of the enemy’s steamers were in full sight, and would soon by opposite to my landing. I arose hastily, [...]
June 19, 1863, American Citizen (Canton, Mississippi) One object we had in view in our recent trip to Alabama and Georgia, was to procure a sufficient supply of printing paper to enable us to enlarge The Citizen to a respectable size, and place the continuance of its publication beyond all contingencies, except those incident [...]
June 19, 1863, The New York Herald Mr. T. H. Whipple’s Letter. CAIRO, June 15, 1863. THE BATTLE AT MILLIKEN’S BEND, some particulars of which the telegraph has ere this taken to you, turns out to have been a more sanguinary affair than was at first supposed. It occurred on Saturday and Sunday, the 6th [...]
June 19, 1863, The Charleston Mercury We publish this morning a letter from an intelligent planter to a friend, descriptive of what passed under his own eye, during the late raid on the Combahee River. The matter, as presented, is one demanding the serious and careful attention of all citizens of the State, no less [...]
June 19, 1863, The Charleston Mercury THE MOVEMENTS IN THE WEST. JACKSON, June 13, p.m. – It is stated positively that JACKSON’S cavalry has retaken the Big Black Bridge. We have no particulars yet. A gentleman just from Vicksburg says that the garrison there is in the best spirits, with plenty to eat and an [...]
June 19, 1863, The New York Herald Despatch of Mr. Thomas M. Cook. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, June 18, 1863. The situation and intention of the rebels begins more and more to be developed, and we gain a clearer insight into their plans and purposes. There is a very large room for doubt whether any [...]
June 19, 1863, Menphis Daily Appeal (Atlanta, Ga) “I want a copy of that book about Gen. Lee’s poor miserable soldiers faintin,” said an old lady in West & Johnston’s bookstore, the other day. The clerk was dumbfounded. One of the proprietors was sent for, made the old lady repeat her request, turned pale, [...]
June 19, 1863, The New York Herald Mr. Simon Cameron, the predecessor of Edwin M. Stanton in the War Department, took occasion the other day at Harrisburg to denounce the present Secretary for his gross mismanagement in general, and his shameful neglect in particular to protect Pennsylvania from invasion. There can be no doubt that [...]
June 19, 1863, The New York Herald Information has reached Washington that a skirmish occurred on Wednesday near Aldie between the Union cavalry and the rebels. Eighty-five rebels were captured by our forces, among them eight officers. Several killed and wounded. This skirmish may be the preliminary contest of a more general and bloodier struggle, [...]
June 19, 1863, Menphis Daily Appeal (Atlanta, Ga) Mrs. Mattie Patterson, whose arrest on a charge of carrying on treasonable correspondence with the enemy has been mentioned, was found guilty by the military commission at Murfreesboro’, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, at Jeffersonville, Ind., for life. The general commutes her sentence to three [...]