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            Michael Feathers

Soldiers, Darcy for the Nine month Term was drafted october the 16^th AD 1862

Reported at Bedford on the 21^st of same month got leaf to return home for four days Reported again at same plase on the 26^th of same month

27^th left Bedford for hopewell, arived at 7 oclock PM left took the cars for Hundington arived at Hundington about midnight lay in the cars till 3 oclock in the morning then got of and went to Millers Hotell and lay on the carpets and slept till daylight

28^th took the cars for Harisburg arived at Harisburg at 4 oclock PM went to camp at 7 oclock got blankets same eavning lay with out shelter all knight

29^th put up tents in Camp Simmons

30^th Still in camp not organised

31^st Still the same

November

1^st organised a Company

2^nd Sworn in to serves and some examined

3^rd drill for the first time

4^th Drill

5^th Drill

6^th fine day

 

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2^nd

 

7^th Showers during day

8^th Cold, 9^th Cold

10^th warm, 11^th warm,

12^th Rain got our uniforms

13^th Fine day, 14^th fine

15^th Fine 16^th Fine

17^th Rain and cold very muddy Company moved to upper end of the Camp

18^th Cloudy and rainy

19^th Rainey

20^th heavy showers in the morning

21^st very wet and cold in the morning quit raining at 11 AM

22^nd Cold, 23^rd Cold,

24^th pleasent and Eight men on gard for the first time

25^th Midling cold,

26^th Still no change

27^th the weather still the same

28^th Snow in the morning pleasent at noon left Camp at 4 oclock got on the cars at 6 PM for Baltimore

29^th reached Baltimore at 4 oclock in the morning left at 12 oclock N for Washington D.C. reached Washington at 6 oclock PM lay in

 

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3^rd

 

Baracks all knight

30^th Still at same plase wisetted the Capitol during the day

December

1^st left the Baracks at 10 oclock AM went on board a steamboat at 12 oclock N past Alexandera past Fort Washington went 40 miles anchored for the knight

2^nd Started in the morning past Fort lookout and sailed all day anchored at fortress Monrow in the eavning

3^rd Started for Norfolk & landed about Noon took the cars for Suffold Va landed at 6 oclock PM marched about a mile to Camp, lay out all knight without tents Rain during day & night

4^th pleasent in the morning pitched our tents in the afternoon

5^th Rainy and cold

6^th Clear cold freesing a little

 

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4^th

 

7^th Clear cold and ground froos hard

8^th Cold day

9^th Cold and frost in the morning pleasent at Noon moved our tents to the rear of the regiment

10^th Frosty in the morning warm during the day Build a shanty

11^th frosty morning warm during day

12^th Warm day Washed my shirt for the first time went on picket in the evning

13^th Came in from picket in the morning

warm during day

14^th warm and clear

15^th Sultry warm

16^th Heavy showers in the morning. I heard frogs

clear and windy at Noon

17^th Cool all day and clear I had been in the town of Suffolk

18^th Cool in the morning

warm at Noon

19^th Cool and clear

20^th warm day

21^st warm day

 

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5^th

 

22^nd warm day

23^rd warm day

24^th warm day

25^th warm day

26 warm day

27^th Raining all day

28^th Rain in the morning Started from camp at 8 oclock AM, marched about 18 miles lay in a field on rails

29^th Started in the morning marched about 20 miles lay in the wood during the night

30^th marched all day and part of the night reached Winfield landing (on the Shwan) river at about 9 oclock AM lay in the street till toards morning

31^st got on a boat at 3 oclock in the morning Sailed on the Shawan river crossed the Albemarl and Pamlico Sounds turned up the News river

1863 January 1^st landed at Newbern at 8 oclock in the morning lay in town all day marched about a mile to camp in the eavning lay all night in a field under shelter tents

2^nd left in the morning

 

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6^th

 

pleasent during the day

3^rd Frost in morning warm during the day

4^th Frost in the morning warm during the day

5^th pleasent and warm

6^th Showers during the day

7^th Pleasent build a shanty of pine logs

8^th Frost in the morning pleasent during the day

9^th Pleasent all day

10^th Showers and on guard duty

11^th came in from guard

peasent all day

12^th pleasent all day

13^th Pleasent day

14^th Pleasent day

15^th Showers and stormy after night

16^th heavy showers in the morning cool in the afternoon

17^th Cool and windy

18^th Cool and windy

19^th Cool and windy

20^th Pleasent day

21^st Cool of duty sick

reported to the doctor for the first time

22^nd foggy day

23^rd Cool moved to the other side of the river

 

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7^th

 

South of town to the Railroad

24^th Pleasent day

25^th Pleasent day

26^th Foggy in morning

pleasent during day

27^th Windy day

28^th Cool snow in the eavning

29^th cool day

30^th cool day

31^st pleasent day

February

1^st cold day

2^nd Cold day

3^rd thunder showers before day Snow and stormy during the day

4^th Cold in the morning

5^th pleasent day

6^th Rainy day

7^th Pleasent day

8^th Pleasent day

9^th Pleasent on faigue

dirty choping timber

10^th Pleasent on guard duty

11^th Came of guard

pleasent during the day

12^th pleasent day

13^th pleasent day

14^th Pleasent day

15^th Pleasent day

16^th pleasent day

 

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8^th

 

17^th drissley day

18^th pleasent morning

choping timber rainy afternoon

19^th Clowdy and cool

20^th Clear day

21^st warm day

22^nd pleasent morning

General Review heavy rain when the lines ware formed

23^rd Clear cold day

24^th Pleasent and Bregate Review

25^th warm I was on guard duty the rest of the Boys on General review of the whole army of this plase

26^th warm and sultry

came in from guard

27^th Pleasent day

28^th Pleasent day

March 1^st pleasent day

2^nd Pleasent day

3^rd warm day

4^th Pleasent and

Begate Review

5^th Cool and clear

6^th pleasent Started on a march marched all day lay in a field all night

7^th Started at sun up

 

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9^th

 

marched till ten oclock Stopped two miles short of trenton then turned back to the field where we lay night before till 1½ PM Started at 3 oclock South from the field marched about 9 miles stoped at 8 PM in a field

8^th morning pleasent

marched about ¾ of a mile crossed white oak river fell in line of Battle in a field on the right of the road but it did not amount to any thing 10 oclock Started South again taking five prisners Stoped 10 miles from Jacksonville lay all night

9^th morning cloudy

Started back to the field to our knapsacks lay all night

10^th Started back to camp

rained in the afternoon and mud kneedeep

arrived at camp at dark

 

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10^th

March

 

11^th drisling in the morning Clear in the afternoon

12^th Pleasent day

13^th Cool day

14^th Pleasent on guard duty in camp Fort Anderson attacted by the Rebles the fort is a cross the river North from Newbern

15^th Pleasent came in from guard in the morning Started for Polocksville at two oclock PM marched till night lay in the woods all night

16^th Started and went to town No Rebs there then returned to camp in the eavning

17^th Pleasent day

18^th Cool and windy

19^th Cool and rainy

20^th Cool and rainy

21^st Cool and rainy

22^nd Clear day

23^rd warm day

24^th warm day

25^th warm day

26^th warm day

 

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11^th

 

27^th warm day

28^th Clear and stormy at noon Marching orders

29^th Rainy day

30^th Cool day

31^st got on board of a steam boat Sailed till night lay on Pamlico River all night

April

1^st Sailed ten miles an achored gunboat firing on a Reble Fort on the river bank

2^nd warm still at same plase gunboats still firing

at noon the Colnel went on shore on a ship then returned in a short time

3^rd Cool still at the same plase heavy firing from the gunboats and also from the Reble Fort shells landing between our boats and gunboats

4^th Cold and at the same plase yet

5^th Reinforced by the 101^st Pa and 5^th Masseschuset

 

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April    12^th

 

Regiments and hurry back gunboat heavy firing for a while but could not bring the shots to bair on the fort

6^th warm and clear

morning still at same plase 10 oclock started back for Newbern again

7^th landed at Newbern at 3 oclock in the morning Pleasent day

8^th left Camp at one oclock in the morning got across the river at daylight lay in a field till two oclock PM Seen apple leaves and blosems at this plase Started and marched till 10 PM Stoped lay in the woods on picket duty

9^th Pleasent morning

Started at seven AM marched till 4 PM when canonading commenced by our artilery and Reble Battery We formed in line of Battle along the road 5 oclock firing seased Rebble Battery silenced

 

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returned to the plase where we lay the night before arived at 10 PM lay all night at said plase

10^th Foggy in the morning

Started back for Camp and arived at the warf 1 PM took the boat and crossed the river in the eavning Came to Camp at dark

11^th pleasent day Remained in Camp all day

12^th pleasent morning warm day, at Camp all day

13^th Pleasent day left Camp in the eavning Crossed the river to an old ford lay there all night

14^th pleasent morning

Started on a scout at 10 AM marched till 4 PM Came to a house where there was a family of six small children and the had nothing to eat our men gave them of their rashens to eat we camped for the night I had two men on guard duty at a house wich was very faverable to us as it commenced to rain in the eavning

 

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Apr.

15^th Rainy morning and the Boys woke up and found themselves laying in the watter then cooked breakfest then started back turned west marched severel miles then turned North marched about a mile Stoped took dinner 2 PM started back towards Newbern went as far as old ford and stoped for the night

16^th pleasent morning

Noon still at same plase

Eavning received four month pay at an old house a short distent above foard Anderson returned to camp whear we lay night before camped for the night

17^th pleasent morning

pleasent all day still at the same plase

18^th pleasent morning

2 PM Started towards little Washington marched till about eight PM Stopped for the night lay in the woods during night

19^th pleasent morning

left at seven AM

 

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Apr

Crossed a creek marched severel miles lay on gard at night at a house about one and a half miles from Swift Creek town

20^th Foggy in the morning pleasent during the day Started back at 8 AM part of the way then turned east along a road to open a blockate 3 PM heavy thundershowers and hail we got completely soaked marched to cross roads stopped for the night lay in a field where we lay some time before on the road leading from old ford to Rebble foard.

21^st Cool eavning Started back for Camp returned to Camp in the eavning of the same day

22^nd pleasent cloudy during the day

23^rd rainy forenoon

2 PM got on board of a boat Sailed over the pamlico Sound. Anchored for the night

 

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1863

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Apr

24^th pleasent morning

Started for little Washington arived at Washington at 10 oclock AM marched back of town about ¼ mile to Breastworks to camp put up shelter tents lay comfortable all night

25^th pleasent morning windy during day

26^th little frost in the morning pleasent during day went on gard duty at noon at the Hospital in town

27^th pleasent morning

Came in from gard at 9 AM put up tents in the afternoon

very warm

28^th warm and thundershowers in the morning pleasent but cloudy during the afternoon

29^th Clear warm in the morning hot at noon thunder showers in the eavning

30^th pleasent in the morning inspection and mustered for pay Boat burned at the warf in town cool in the eavning

 

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1863.

17^th

May

1^st Cool in the morning but clear very warm at noon Batalion Drill during the afternoon

2^nd Pleasent in the morning warm during the day

3^rd Pleasent morning warm during the day I was at Church in town during the afternoon a good sermon preached from the 29^th vers of the 7^th chapter of Corinthians the house was well furnished with instruments of musick and other nessarys for a church

4^th warm in the morning

45 of our Company went out on Picket 2 oclock PM I went out on picket duty takeing charge of the out side post, on the road runing South from the main road to plimouth. Warm day

5^th pleasent morning

Came in from picket at 9 oclock AM Company drill at 4 PM very warm eavning rain during night

6^th Clowdy in the morning

Morning Drill, showers afternoon Boys returned from the gunboats to the Regiment

 

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1863

Page 18^th

May

 

heavy thundershowers in the eavning and during the night

7^th Foggy and cool in the morning cool and cloudy all day

8^th Cool cloudy morning

I went on camp guard at 8 AM the rest of the Company went on Picket across the river West from camp cool all day

9^th Cool morning came in from guard at 8 AM

Clear in the afternoon

10^th Pleasent morning

I was at Niggar preaching at 10 AM Text 5 chapter and 6^th vers of Matthew a very good sermon good order &c., very warm at noon 3 oclock PM I went out to the rest of the Company on picket

11^th pleasent morning

I went on guard duty at 9 AM warm all day

12^th Pleasent morning

Came of guard duty at 9 AM, without any difficulties warm all day

13^th Pleasent morning

on guard duty from 7 AM till 7 PM Warm all day

 

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1863

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May

14^th Pleasent morning

Came in to camp on buisness at 9 AM went out at 6 PM thundershowers during after noon

15^th 1 AM went on duty till morning pleasent morning 11 AM returned to camp from picket Warm at noon Dress parade in the eavning

16^th Foggy morning clear at 6 AM pleasent all day Dress parade in the eavning

17^th Pleasent morning

partly clear 10 AM preaching in town by our Chaplen 11 AM Niggar preaching 3 PM Niggar preaching 5 PM preaching by 158 Regt Chaplen Prayer meeting at sun set in our Regiment

18^th Pleasent morning

Warm during day

19^th Pleasent morning

Warm during day

20^th Pleasent morning

very warm during day

I was at the burying of one of Company A men

 

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1863.

Page 20^th

May

 

wich is the 7^th of our Regiment sins we are here I was also at a Niggar funeral funeral serveses preached for 6 childeren at one time from the 4 chapter and 7 vers of the first Peter

Drill and dress perade in the eavning

21^st pleasent morning

on gard duty at 8 AM

hot at noon warm all day

22^nd pleasent morning

Came in from gard at 8 AM warm day

23^rd pleasent morning

W^m Stufft taken to the Hospital very hot during the day

24^th pleasent morning a little foggy I was at Church in town preaching by the Chaplain of the 158^th Regiment text 23^rd Chapt and 42 & 43 verses of Luke I then went to the Hospital to see the Boys that ware sick from our Company Marten Hoover died betwen 12 & 1 oclock PM at 3 PM I went to Niger preaching text 3 chapt & 3^rd verse of St Johns Gospel

 

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May, 1863

 

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25^th pleasent but cloudy morning a cavelery man wounded on picket post west of our camp we buried Marten Hoover at 10 AM pleasent cool and cloudy all day

27^th pleasent clear morning windy afternoon a few drops of rain in the eavning

28^th pleasent morning windy at noon. pleasent afternoon

29^th pleasent morning

Showers at 11 AM Showery during afternoon

30^th pleasent morning

went on gard duty at 8 AM

pleasant all day

31^st pleasent morning

Signed pay rool came in from gard duty at 8 AM got payed for two mont seves 3 PM at the Niger church preaching by the chaplain of the 168^th Regt. text what shall it proffit a man if he shall gain the whole world and loos his soul or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul Matthew 16 chapt. 26 vers a powerful sermon was preached from thes words

 

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June 1863

 

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there was also 3 funerals one Soldier of Co D of our Regt. and 2 Niger children

1^st pleasent morning

warm at noon pleasent eavning Eclyps at the moon about ¾ of the moon eclypsed between 7 & 8 PM

2^nd pleasent morning

very warm during the day

3^rd pleasent morning

I reported to the Doctor for with soar throat, warm day

4^th pleasent morning

reportedported to Doctor

warm during day

5^th Pleasent morning rep to Doct. our Company went out on picket and I was left in camp for the first time unfit for duty with the Company

pleasent all day

6^th pleasent morning rep. to Doct. warm all day thunder showers at night

7^th pleasent morning rep. to Doct. pleasent at noon comunion at Methodist Church pleasent all day

8^th pleasant morning Rep. to Doct. pleasent all day

 

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June 1863

Page 23^rd

 

9^th cool & pleasent morning

rept. to Doct. with soar throat

pleasent all day

10^th pleasent morning rep. to Doct. Jenerel Foster in camp, pleasant all day

11^th pleasant  morning rep. to Doct. heavy showers at noon Cool afternoon

12^th Sick rep. to Doctor

13^th Sick & rep. to Doctor 7 PM Stufft died

14^th went to the post Hospital at Washington N.C. Remained there till the 10^th of July then got on a boat for Philadelphia landed in Philadelphia on the morning of the 12^th went to the U.S.A. Hospital in the eavning remained in said Hospital till the 24^th then took the cars for Harisburg arived at Harisburg on the morning of the 25^th went to Camp Curten to Hospital remained there till the 9^th of August then was discharged with the Regt, got paid left Harisburg on the 10^th at 3 AM for Holidaysburg arived at 7 took the hack for [?]burg walked home from there Got home at 5 PM

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