21st. Breakfasted and were off at 6. Rained a little. Crossed over to the Jamestown road. Found the roads over the mountain very rough indeed. Hills very steep and rugged. Several hills capped with high pinnacles of rocks. Rested at a house on the creek. One intelligent girl, but secesh. Reached Traversville at 4 P. [...]
Sunday, 21st–Things are quite still all along the lines today, but the mortar boats continue to throw shells day and night. Our chaplain preached a sermon to us this afternoon; his text was from John, fourteenth chapter and second verse. It was the first sermon our regiment has heard for nearly six months.
Sunday, June 21st. How about that oath of allegiance? is what I frequently ask myself, and always an uneasy qualm of conscience troubles me. Guilty or not guilty of perjury? According to the law of God in the abstract, and of nations, Yes; according to my conscience, Jeff Davis, and the peculiar position I was [...]
21st [June] Arthur came up on the 10 & remained 10 days he had his clothes washed & mended & several little things done for him, we found him improved. Mr Grimball gave him 100 dollars to assist in paying his mess bill &c. It was a pleasant visit, we were glad to see him.
June 21st. Commences with pleasant weather. From twelve to four A. M., heavy firing going on at Port Hudson, mostly of musketry. At ten A. M., inspected crew at quarters, and performed Divine service upon the quarter-deck. Between the hours of eight P. M. and twelve midnight, heard reports of great guns in rear of [...]
June 21st.—To-day we have an account of the burning of Darien, Ga. The temptation is strong for our army to retaliate on the soil of Pennsylvania.
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd JUNE 21ST.–To-day again church bells at the North are calling good people to worship, and to hear words of cheer and comfort to the soul. The prayers of our patriotic mothers and fathers that will go up to-day for the suppression of this rebellion will surely have [...]
21st.—We hear of fights and rumours of fights. It is said that Ewell’s Division captured 6,000 prisoners at Winchester, and that General Edward Johnson went to Berryville and captured 2,000 that were on their way to reinforce Millroy. They have driven the enemy out of the Valley, so that now we have possession of it [...]
Sunday, 21st.—Heavy rumors afloat; one is a courier came in last night and said that on Friday and Saturday Johnston was crossing Big Black River with 90,000 men. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)
June 21st, 1863.—I had gone upstairs to-day during the interregnum to enjoy a rest on my bed and read the reliable items in the “Citizen,” when a shell burst right outside the window in front of me. Pieces flew in, striking all round me, tearing down masses of plaster that came tumbling over me. When [...]
June 20th. Scouts brought in many prisoners. All were obliged to report to the General at headquarters. I very often heard the conversation. One question always asked. “Whose command do you belong to?” While on duty at the General’s headquarters we received a call from two citizens from our home town, Norwich, Dr. Charles M. [...]
20th. Awakened at 4 A. M. and ordered to take 3 days’ rations, forage and provisions on horse and 3 in wagon. Marched at 6. Thede and I went together. Passed the 103rd at the river. Followed us to Monticello. Took the Albany road. Went five miles and camped. Cool day for marching. Saw Lt. [...]
Saturday, 20th–By order of General Grant all the artillery opened upon Vicksburg this morning, and the bombardment continued throughout the day. It is reported that the rebels have lost six hundred, killed and wounded, many of these being killed during the first two hours of the firing. Our left is holding quite tight. The sky [...]
June 20th. Slight firing early this morning in rear of Port Hudson; at five A. M. the steamer Bee arrived from above Bayou Sara, having on board the pilot of gunboat Lafayette, who has come down as bearer of despatches to Commodore Palmer. At four twenty P. M., heavy artillery firing going on in rear [...]
Well dressed woman is shown praying in a furnished cave space. A crucifix is on the wall, the cave opening looks out on to the town. Published Baltimore 1863
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd JUNE 20TH.–This morning our whole line of artillery–seven miles long–opened on the doomed city and fortifications at six o’clock, and kept up the firing for four hours, during which time the smoke was so thick we could see nothing but the flash of the guns. No fog could [...]
JUNE 20th.—It has got out that the President intends to dispense with the services of Mr. Myers, the Jew Quartermaster-General, and Mr. Miles, member of Congress from South Carolina, who happens to be his friend, is characteristically doing the part of a friend for his retention. But he gives the President some severe raps for [...]
June 20, 1863, The Charleston Mercury JACKSON, MISS., June 18. – For the first time in four days, heavy firing was heard at Vicksburg this morning. The latest accounts represent GRANT’S army to be busy fortifying and cutting down trees beyond the Big Black to impede the movements of JOHNSTON. Great distress prevails amongst our [...]
June 20, 1863, The Charleston Mercury Since the repulse of the fleet of iron-clad gunboats on the 7th of April, our people seem to have settled down into a condition of complacent inertness concerning the public defences in this locality. Now, confidence is undoubtedly a good thing, and its moral power is an admirable auxiliary, [...]
June 20, 1863, (Marshall) Texas Republican Mrs. Mary Hyde arrived at the Alton prison from Nashville, having been sentenced by Gen. Rosecrans to imprisonment during the war, in the Illinois penitentiary. The offence with which she is charged is “secession proclivities.”
June 20, 1863, The New York Herald Great activity still prevails in Pennsylvania both among the rebels and our own forces. The rebels were, up to yesterday evening, at or near Greencastle, having retired from Chambersburg hastily and in alarm. The Eighth and Seventy-first New York Militia went to Chambersburg, to march from thence to [...]
June 20, 1863, The New York Herald DETAILS OF THE REBEL MOVEMENTS. Our Shippensburg Correspondence. SHIPPENSBURG, Pa., June 17 – A.M. Eleven miles from this place is Chambersburg, and for a considerable distance in advance of the latter place and towards this locality are rebel pickets, videttes and foraging and scouting parties. Hence we are [...]
June 20, 1863, The New York Herald DETAILS OF THE REBEL MOVEMENTS. Our Greencastle Correspondence. GREENCASTLE, Pa., ELEVEN MILES FROM HAGERSTOWN, June 17, 1863. At one o’clock today the rebel column commenced to pass through this place rather leisurely. One of the commanding officers gave notice that the town would be burned in less than [...]
June 20, 1863, [Little Rock] Weekly Arkansas Gazette The least patriotic, and the most dangerous, sign of the times, is exhibited in the mania which possesses a portion of our people for trafficking with the enemy, which, more than any thing else, nay, more than all other causes combined, panders to the malign spirits [...]
June 20, 1863, The New York Herald DETAILS OF THE REBEL MOVEMENTS. Our Harrisburg Correspondence. HARRISBURG, Pa., June 19, 1863. APPEARANCE OF THE INTERIOR. We just returned from a hurried visit to the interior, and am glad to inform you that I found the citizens residing in the counties bordering on the line of the [...]