Michael Feather Diary
Michael Feather
from Union township
Bedford County
State of Pennsylvania
Drafted October
the 16th AD 1862
for the term of
Nine month,
unless sooner
discharged
amount 35.60
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Drafted
Oct 16th AD 1862
reported at Bedford NH the 21st of Oct returned home Came to Bedford on the 26th
27 From Bedford to Hundingto Hopewell till 7 oclock P.M. to Hundington till midnight lay in cars till 3 Oclock morning then went in milers hotell till morning
28 Started from Hundington for Harisbur arived at Harisburg at 4 oclock in the eavning Campt at 7 oclock got blankets same eavning lay on ground
29 Camp Simmons
30 Do. 31st Do. not organised yet
November
1 organised 2nd Sworn in
Some examined 3. drill
4 Do 5 Do 6 fine day
7 Snow 8th Cold 9 Do
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10 warm 11 Do 12 Rain and got uniforms
13 fine 14 Do 15 do 16 do
17th Rain & cold mudy and moved to uper end Camp
18 cloudy 19 rainy Heavy showers in the morning 20
21st very wet and cold morning quit raining AM
22nd Cold 23 do 24 pleasant and eight men on gard
25 midling cold 26 Do
27th do. 28 Snow in the morning pleasent at noon left Camp at 4 oclock got on the cars at 6 ocl reached Baltimore on the 29 in the morning at 4 oclock left at 12 M reached Washington at 6 P.M. and lay in baracks all night 30th lay in Washington over Sunday and wiseded the Capital
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Dec 1st left Washington at 10 oclock AM went a board of a steamboat at 12 oclock past Alexander past fort Washington went 40 miles ankered for the night 2nd Started in the morning past fort look out and sailed all day ankered at Fortress Monrow 3 Started for Norfolk Landed about noon took the cars for Suffolk landed at 6 oclock marched about a mile to Camp lay out all night without tents rain during day
4 pleasent in the morning piched our tents in afternoon 5th rainy and cold
6th Clear cold freesing a little 7 Clear cold and ground froos hard 8 Cold
9 Cold and frost in the morning
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pleasent at noon moved our tents to the rear of the regiment 10th frosty in the morning warm thrue the day Build a shanty 11 frosty morning warm day 12 do. warm washed my shirts went on picket in the eavning
13 Came in in the morning from picket warm day
14 warm and clear
15 sultry warm
16 heavy showers heard frogs Clear and windy at noon
17 Cool all day and clear went to town Sufolk
18 Cool in the morning warm at noon
19 Cool and clear no frost
20 warm 21 Do 22 Do
23 do 24 do 25 do 26 do
27 raining 28 rain in the morning
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Started from Camp at 8 oclock AM marched 18 miles lay in a field
29 Started in morning marched 20 miles lay in the woods
30th marched all day and part of the night. reached Winfield Landing
31st got on the boat at 3 oclock in the morning Sailed on the Shawan river Crossed the Albemarle Sound and Pamlico Sound turned up Neus river
1863
Jan. 1st landed at Newbern at 8 Oclock in the morning lay in town all day marched to Camp in the eavning lay all night in a field under shelter tents
2nd frost in the morning pleasent during daytime
3 do. 4 do. 5 pleasent warm
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Jan
6th Showers during day
7 pleasent Build a shanty
8th frost in the morning pleasent during the day
9th pleasent all day
10th Showers and on gard
11th Came in from gard pleasent all day
12th pleasent 13th pleasent
14th pleasent
15th Showers and stormy after night
16th heavy showers in the morning Cool in the afternoon
17th Cool and windy
18th Do 19th Do
20th pleasent
21st Cool, of duty sick
22nd foggy 23rd Cool moved to the other side of the river south of town to rail road
24th pleasent 25 Do.
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26th foggy in the morning pleasent during day
27th Do. windy
28th Cool Snow in the eavning
29th Cool 30th do
31st pleasent
Feb
1st Cold 2nd do
3rd thunder showers before day Snow and stormy thrue the day
4th Cold in the morning little moderate at Noon
5th pleasent 6th rainy
7th pleasent 8th do
9th pleasent on fatigue duty Choping timber
10th pleasent on guard
11th Came of guard pleasent
12th pleasent 13th do
14th do 15th do 16th do
17th drisly 18th Choping timber rainy afternoon
19th Cloudy and cool
20th Clear 21st warm
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22nd hard rain and Jenerel review
23rd Clear Cold
24th pleasent and bregate review
25 warm on gard the rest at Jenerel review of the whole army of this plase about twenty thousand
26th warm and sultry Came in from gard
27th pleasent 28th do
March 1st pleasent
2nd do 3rd warm
4th pleasent & bregate review
5th cool and clear
6th Started on a march marched all day lay in a field all night
7th Started at sunup Stoped 2 miles short of trenton at 10 oclock then turned back to the field where we lay night
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before till 1½ Oclock PM Started at 3 PM south from the field marched about 9 miles Stoped at 8 PM in a field
8th 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 dit not amount to anything 10 Oclock Started south again taken 5 prisoners Stoped 10 miles from Jacksonville lay all night
9th morning cloudy Started back to the field to our knapsacks lay all night
10th Started back to Camp landed at dark rained in the afternoon and mud knee deep
11th drissling in morning
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March
Clear in the afternoon
12th pleasent 13th cool
14th pleasent on gard the town Fort Anderson attacted across the river north of town by rebles
15th pleasent Came in from gard in morning Started for Polocksville at 2 Oclock PM lay in woods all night
16th went on to town no Rebles there returned to Camp in the eavning
17th pleasent
18th
Cool and windy
19th Cool and rainy
20th do 21st do
22nd Clear 23rd warm
24th do 25th do 26th do
27th do 28th clear and stormy at noon marching orders
29th rainy
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30th Cool 31st got on board of a steamboat sailed till night lay on pamlico river all night.
April 1st Sailed 10 miles ankeret gun boats firing on Reble ford.
2nd warm Still at same plase gunboats firing Noon Colnel to shore on skift
3rd Cool still at same plase heavy firing from gun boats and fort
4th Cold same plase yet
5th pleasent reinforce by 101st Pa. and 5th Mass and hump back gun boat 6th warm and clear Still at same plase 10 Oclock Started for Newbern. 7th landed at 3 Oclock in the morning pleasent day
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Apr
8th Started at 1 in the morning got across the river at daylight lay lay in a field apple leaves and blosems out Started at 2 PM Stoped at 10 PM lay in woods on picket
9th pleasent morning Started at 7 AM marched till 4 PM Canonating comenced by our artilery and reble battery formed in line of Battle along the road 5 Oclock firing seased Reble Battery silenced returned to where we lay night before arived at 10 PM lay all night
10th Foggy in the morning Started for Camp arived at the warf at 1 PM. Crossed the river in the eavning come to camp at dark
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Apr
11th pleasent to day
12th pleasent warm
13th pleasent day Started across the river in the eavning lay at old ford all night
14th pleasent Started at 10 AM marched till 4 PM, lay all night was at a house where there ware 6 small children nothing to eat our men gave them crackers I was on gard at a house Comenced raining in the eavning
15th rainy morning and the boys found themselfs laying in the watter Started back turned west marched severel miles then turned north about a mile stoped took diner 2 PM Started
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back toards Newbern went as far as old fort lay all night
16th pleasent noon still at same plase eavning received 4 month pay at an old house above ford anderson
17th Still at same plase pleasent day
18th pleasent Started out toards little washington at 2 PM, marched till about 8 PM, lay in woods all night
19th pleasent left at 7 AM Crossed a creek marched severel miles lay all night on gard at a house about 1½ miles from Swift Creek town
20th foggy in the morning pleasent thrue the day Started at 8 AM part
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of the way then turned east along a road to open a blockate 3 PM heavy thunder showers and hail, went to crossroads lay in field near same plase we lay some time before on the road from old ford to Reble ford
21st Cool morning returned to Camp in the eavning of the same day 22nd pleasent cloudy
23rd rainy foornon got on board of boat at 2 PM, sailed over the pamlico sound lay till morning
24th arived at little Washington at 10 oclock marched to ford Camped put up shelter tents lay comfortable all night
25th pleasent windy
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Apr 26th little frost in morning pleasent during day went on guard at noon at Hospital in town
27th pleasent Came in from gard at 9 AM put up tents in afternoon very warm
28th warm thunder showers in the morning pleasent but cloudy in afternoon
29th Clear warm in morning hot at noon a man shot on picket of the 175th thunder showers in the eavning
30th pleasent in the morning inspection and mustered for pay. Boat burned at the warf in town Cool eavning
May 1st Cool in the morning but clear very warm at noon
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Batalien Drill in after noon 2nd pleasent in the morning warm during the day
3rd pleasent morning warm during the day at Church in town in the afternoon a splendid sermon preached from 29 vers of the 7 chapter of Corinthen splendid mucick and trimings in the Church house
4th warm in the morning 45 of our Company went out on picket 2 oclock I went out on picket out side post at road runing south from the main road to plimouth warm all day
5th pleasent in the morning Came in from
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picket at 9 oclock AM Company drill at 4 PM very warm, rain about midnight
6th Cloudy in the morning morning drill Showers after noon Boys returned from gunboat to the Regt, heavy thunder showers in the eavning and during night
7th foggy and cool in the morning Cool all day cloudy
8th Cool cloudy morning gone on camp gard at 8 AM the rest of the Company went on picket across the river Cool all day
9th Cool morning Came in from gard at 8 AM. Clear in afternoon
10th pleasent morning at Nigar preaching at
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10 AM text 5 ch 6 v. mathew very good sermen good order &c very warm at noon went on picket at 3 PM lay in tent all night
11th plesent morning went on guard duty at 9 AM warm all day
12 pleasent came of gard duty at 9 AM with out any dificultys Warm at noon warm all day
13th pleasent morning warm all day on guard duty from 7 untill 1 AM on 14
14th morning plesent Came in to Camp on buisnis at 9 AM went out at 6 PM thunder showers in afternoon
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15th 1 AM duty till morning pleasent in the morning Came in from picket at 11 AM warm at noon dress perate in the eavning
16th foggy morning clear at 6 AM pleasent warm all day dress perate eavning
17th pleasent morning partly clear 10 oclock preaching in town by our chaplain 11 AM niger preaching 3 PM niger preaching 5 PM preaching by 158 chaplin prayer meeting at sunsit in our regiment
18th pleasent morning warm at noon and all day
19th pleasent morning warm all day
20th pleasent morning very warm at noon
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was at burying one of company A wich is the 7th of our regt. sins we are here being in niggar funerel preaching text 4 ch. 7. v of Jenerel of Peter. 6 childrens funerel preached at one time drill and dress perate eavning
21st pleasent morning on gard duty at 8 AM hot at noon warm all day
22nd pleasent morning Came in from gard warm all day
23rd pleasent morning Stufft taken to Hospital hottest day thrue the day
24th pleasent morning a little foggy church in town preaching by the chaplain of the 158th Regt
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text 23rd chapter on 42. and 43rd verses St John luke went to the hospital to see the Boys Marten Hoover died between 12 and 1 Oclock PM
3 PM nigger preaching text St John 3 chapt 3 vers
25th pleasent cloudy morning a cavelery man wound on picket and one killed buryed Marten Hoover at 10 AM pleasent and cool cloudy all day
26th cool pleasent cloudy morning pleasent cloudy all day
27th pleasent clear morning windy in afternoon feel drops of rain eavning
28th pleasent morning windy at noon pleasent after noon
29th pleasent morning
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Showery at 11 AM Showery afternoon
30 pleasent morning went on gard at 8 AM pleasent all day
31st pleasent morning Signed pay rool came in from gard at 8 AM got payed of for two months
3 PM in niggar church preaching by the chaplain of the 168th text what sall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and loos his soul or what shall a man give in exchang for his soul, Mathew 16 26 a powerful sermon was preach from this words also 3 funerels one Soldier of our Regt Co. D. and 2 nigers
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1863
June 1st pleasent morning warm at noon pleasent eavning Eclips at the moon about ¾ of the moon eclipt between 7 and 8 PM.
June 2nd pleasent morning very warm during day
3rd pleasent morning reported to docter for soar throat, warm day
4th pleasent morning reported to doctor, warm day
5th Do. Do. our Company went out on picket pleasent day
6th pleasent morning reported doct, warm all day thunder shower at night
7th pleasent morning Do Do pleasent at noon comunion at Methodist Church at 10 AM
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pleasent all day
8th pleasent morning pleasant noon plesent all day
9th cool and pleasent morning still report at doctors for soar throat, pleasent all day
10th pleasent morning Do Pleasent all day Generel Foster at Camp Washington
11th pleasent morning heavy showers at noon cool afternoon
12 Sick
13 Do. Wm Stufft died
14 went to the post hospital at Washington Remained there till the 10th of July got on a boat landed in Philladelphia in the morning of the 12th went to
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U.S.A. Hospital in the eavning left on the 24th came to Harisburg in the morning of the 25 left washington hospital on the 9th of August got payed and discharged 10th left Harisburg at 3 oclock for Holidaysburg took the hack for Claysburg walked home from there got home at 5 PM
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December
28th Started at Suffolk at 9 AM, march till after night lay in field
29th Started in morning marched all day past thrue Gatesville in the eavning lay about 1 mile from town in the woods Coocked coffee in our tins then ma
30th took up our march and marched till 8 Oclock in the eavning when we landed at the warf
31st got on board of a boat at 3 AM lay till morning Started for Newbern past Rhone oak Iland landed in Newbern on the first day of Jan, 1863 at 8 AM
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1865
March the 25th was drafted at Chambersburg for the service of the United States Service to serve for the period of one year to fill the quota of Union Township Bedford County State of Pennsylvania
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1865
March the 14th left home in the morning landed at Bloody run at 3pm took the cars to hundingto from Hundington Harisburg where we landed at 3 Oclock in the morning of the 15th Started at Harisburg at 8 AM for Chambersburg landed at 11 AM of the same day
March 16th reported at the marshels and was examined and uniformed Stayed in an old wharehouse over knight
March 17th took the cars for Carolisle landed in Camp Biddle at Noon
Mar 18 Still at same plase
the 19th still at same plase
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inspection at 8 AM
March 20th left Carolisle at 1pm Got on the cars at 3 PM
21st landed at Baltimore at 6 AM left Baltimore at 5pm Got on a steam boat lay at the warf all knight 22nd started in the morning for City point sailed all day anchored in the eavning
23rd Started at 1 AM Sailed all day anchor in the eavning
24th Started in the morning anchored reached City point at 10 AM took the cars for the front got to the 99 regt at 8 PM
25th lay in camp and
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Saw a battle fought during the day cool all day hard fighting in the eavning
26th assgned to Co F of the 99th Regt PV Cool during day
27th firing in the morning on our right still during the day very warm
the 28th was over to the 6th Corps seen Jacob Crist and the rest of the boys got guns
29th moving orders the 55th came in to our Camp seen francis Crist and all the rest of the union township boys in Company K. left at noon marched till nigt
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30th Skirmishing all day
31st Skirmishing and canonadeing all day seen Jenerel Grant pasing along the line
April 1st firing all day
Apr 2 rebs drove out of their works followed them to the hights of Petersburg
3rd folowing after them west
4th Do Do
5th Do North west
6th Scirmishing comenced in the morning fighting comenced at 9 AM Our Bregate in front changeing from one work to another driving the rebs from there works
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a number of the boys killed and wounded
7th following after them and fighting
8th Still after them and fighting in front
9th Sabeth morning fighting in front Noon a flag of truth lee surrendered at 3 Oclock PM Great ensusism among the army firing salute in the eavning
10th rainy morning lay in Camp
11 left Camp at 10 AM back for the railroad
12th morning cloudy marched back still
13 rainy morning marching back to within 2½ miles of B[?] Station Campt for
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the knight
14th Still at same plase pleasent day
15th rainy morning fixed Camp in the afternoon
16th pleasent morning pleasent during day Washed my shirt Regt Inspection at 1 PM
17th pleasent Bregate inspection at 8 AM pleasent all day went on picket at 5 PM
18th pleasent morning on picket came in at 5 PM nice eavning
19th pleasent Nothing don during day Burying of President Lincoln
20 drisly morning clear during the day
21st pleasent morning I washed my clothes
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in the forenoon pleasent all day
22nd pleasent morning pleasent all day
23 pleasent inspection in the forenoon preaching in the eavning
24th cool morning a little frost along the watter warm during the day
25th on guard at 8 AM firing the minute guns as a morning respect of the death of the President all the Regtamentel flags draped in morning all so the day kept by all the army as a respect of the deseased preaching at 2 Oclock PM at Bregate Head quarters the Bregate asembled
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a gun fired every ½ hour during the day firing thirty six shots at sun down in memry of the deseased President
26th pleasent morning came of guard at 8 AM warm at noon all day
27th pleasent day
28th warm on camp fatigue a despach came to our Regt that Johnson had surendered the same as Lee did
29th pleasent on fatigue making corderoy road came in at 2 PM
30th inspection and mustered for pay
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May 1st heavy shouers before day cleared of in the morning warm during the day Regtmentel drill at 2 PM
the 2nd Cool in the morning left Camp at 12 ½ PM marched about 10 miles & camped for the knight
3rd Started at 6 AM pased threw Petersville and also past Permela Courthouse and town splendid buildings Nice woods along the pike Stoped 39 miles short of Richmon by the pike [?]5 by railroad took dinner in the woods started Mar at 1 PM Marched till 5 PM Stoped for the knight Drew 2 days rashens
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4th Cool morning Started at 6½ AM Marched east seen cherrys that were red on a tree Stoped for diner in a field very warm at noon Stoped 10 miles short of Richmond in the eavning Camped for the knight
5th Comenced raining in the morning at 5 Oclock AM started at half past five marched within a short distence of Richmond stoped at 10 AM stoped Raining about 10 AM lay in a field near a fort Seen F.T.Crist at that plase
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May 6th left Camp at about 11 Oclock Marched threw the City seen the 55th in the City Marched beyont the City and rested then past the Camp of the 55th Seen David Richey and Samuel Whysong. Marched about five miles from the City and stoped for the knight lay in a field seen very fine farm all along from Richmont to Camp
7th Cloudy morning passed a very nice plantation and buildings about 6 miles from the City Marched till 9 AM lay till 4 oclock PM marched till eavning Stoped for the knight
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8th pleasent morning Started at 8 AM marched till 1 PM took diner started at half past 2 PM marched till eavning got on the rong road
9th Rainy morning started at 6 AM went back about 3 miles to the right road showers during the forenoon stoped at Noon in a field took diner started at 2 PM marched till knight Stoped [?]
10th Start in the morning pased threw Fredericksburg at about 2 PM marched about 5 miles stop for the knight in a field [?] up
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May 11th pleasent morning
12th Left Camp at 7 Oclock Marched to a river took diner pased over on pontoon boat marched till eavning camped in a field
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14th pleasent morning washed my shirt very warm at noon and still at same plase in the woods warm all day still at the same plase
15th Morning plesent but a little cool and still at the same plase left at 8 AM marched till 12 M. Stoped and camped about 8 miles from Washington City and within 2 miles of Alexander very warm all day
16th warm day Still at same plase
17th warm morning went on picket at 6 about 3½ miles from camp
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very warm all day lay on reserve all day
18 Came in to camp from picket at 10 AM heavy thunder showers in the afternoon and also in the eavning with storm
19th a mistey morning inspection
20th Showery day
21st Rainy morning Showery all day
22nd Cloudy morning warm all day
23 pleasent on review in the city of Washington pased of nice returned to camp at 6 PM
24th pleasent morning went on camp guard at 9 AM pleasent all day
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25th pleasent morning came in from guard at 9 AM pleasent all day dress perate at 6 PM
26th Rainy morning and cool rainy all day
27th rainy foornoon cleared of in the afternoon cool all day
28th pleasent morning inspection at 10 AM inspection at half past five PM dress perate at 6 PM pleasent eavning comenced raining about sunset and rained during the knight
29 pleasent morning drill at 9 AM till 10 AM warm at noon dress perate at 6 PM
30th Cool morning warm during the day
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Corps Review at 1 PM pased of nice returned to camp at 5 PM
31st pleasent morning drill at 9 AM also at 3 PM one hour at the time dress perate at 6 PM
June the 1st pleasent morning very warm during the day no drill washed 2 shirts
Wm Lambright was at our camp in the afternoon I did not see him there was no duty done during the day
2nd pleasent morning drill at 9 AM till 10 AM warm during the day drill at 3 PM till 4 PM dress perate at 6 PM
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3rd fogy morning cleared of at 6 AM went out on picket at 6 AM very warm during the day was on duty 1½ hours
4th very foggy but warm out on picket post at a road 12 on post came in from picket at 9 AM very warm during the day dress perate at 6 PM
5th pleasent morning clear and warm went on Batalion drill at half past six AM drilled one hour very hot during the day some of the 138th Pa. Regt were over to see us dress perate in the eavning
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6th Cloudy morning and cool drill at 6½ AM of the whole Regt cool during the day and cloudy Company inspection at 5½ Oclock
7th Cloudy morning warm during the day dress perate at 6 PM
8th pleasent morning went on guard at 8½ AM Rain at half past 2 Oclock cleared of at 5 PM
9th pleasent morning came in from gard at half past 8 oclock very warm A Claycomb and L. Boudbush ware at our Camp dress perate in the eavning warm in eavning
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10th pleasent morning warm during the day I washed my pants and a pair of drawers dress perate 6 PM
11th pleasent morning Regt. inspection at 6½ AM warm during the day S. Richey H. Ickes ware at our camp and D. Burket also dress perate at 6½ PM
12 pleasent morning and cloudy warm during the day dress perate in the eavning went on camp guard at 8½ PM
13th pleasent morning and cloudy Came in from guard at 8½ Oclock AM rain in the eavning
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June
14th pleasent cloudy morning Bregate Inspection at 8 Oclock cleared of at 9 AM warm comenced raining at 2 PM rained all afternoon
15th cool and cloudy morning cloudy at noon cloudy all day no dress perate
16th pleasent morning went on Bregate guard at 8 AM cloudy but warm all day heavy rain in the eavning
17th plesent morning showers about noon very warm all day dress perate in the eavning
18th pleasent morning Regt Inspection at 8 AM very hot
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during the day dress perate at 6 PM
19th pleasent morning went to the 6th Corps seen Jacob Crist & others of the 6 Corps Came back to camp at 3 PM Rain at 7 PM and during the eavning
20th pleasent morning very warm at noon heavy rain during the afternoon drisling in the eavning drawed pickles & crout from the Sanitary Comision
21st pleasent morning went out on picket at 6 AM pleasent all day
22nd warm morning came in from
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picket at 9 AM showers in the afternoon dress perate at 6 PM great illumination in the eavning comencing at 9 PM
23rd pleasent morning drill at 6 AM till 7 AM warm at 10 AM orders in camp for to move dress perate at 6 PM
24th pleasent morning drill at 6½ AM till 7½ AM very warm at noon a little shower dress perate at 6 PM
25th pleasent morning Regt Inspection at 7 AM warm during the day dress perate at 6 PM
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26th drissly morning Rainy morning all day no drill nor dress perate
27th Cool morning drill at 6½ AM warm during the day dress perate at 6 PM
28th pleasent morning went out on picket at 6½ Oclock warm after noon on post No. 3 under brush relieved at 8½ PM picket line broke up came to camp at about 10 PM
29th pleasent morning hot dress perate at 6 PM
30th warm morning mustered for pay at 6 AM dress perate in the eavning at 6 PM
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July the 1st pleasent morning warm during the day mustered out of the Serves at 5 PM heavy rain storm in the eavning
2nd Cloudy morning cool forenoon left camp for Washington at 5 AM arived at Washington at 11 AM left Washington at 5 PM for Baltimore landed at Baltimore at 8 PM started for Philadelphia at 9 PM
3rd Came to Philadelphia at 6 AM took breackfast at the Soldiers
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Saloon at 7 AM then started for Camp Catwaleton reached camp at about 10½ AM got diner at 12 M pleasent eavning
4th pleasent morning went to the City after breackfast returned from the city at 3 PM pleasent eavning
5th warm day still in Camp Cadwaleder
6th warm day still at the same plase
7th pleasent morning a little cool warm during the day got payed of at 4 PM and got our discharge went to the depot lay there till [?] PM
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got on the cars for altona
8th Came to Altona about 10 AM from Altona to Willmon Station till 11½ AM walket home from there till 5 PM
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[stricken]
Phily Feather
Sept the 1 To 1¼ day hewing
To ½ day hauling
29th To 2 day framing
Oct 18th To 5½ days work
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Take 8 lbs of corn meal and 1 pint of black mollasses brown and mix it together ad 2 lbs of store coffee well browned and ground and 2 boxes of essence of coffee grind when woont to use
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March the 20 left Carolisle at 1 PM got on the cars at 3 PM landed at Baltimore on the morning of the 21st at 6 AM left Baltimore at 6 PM got on steam boat lay all knight started in the morning Sailed all day anchored in the eavning Started at 11 PM Sailed till in the eavning of the 23rd landed in anckered in the Chames river 24th Started for City point landed at 10 AM took the cars for the front of petersburg reached the 99 Regt at 7 PM lay in camp during
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Valentine [faded]
knight
25th firing commenced at 3 AM kep up firing on the skirmish line till 4 PM when the when a ugly fight came of wich lasted till after dark when the firing ceased seen part of the 5 Corps during the day the union township boys being along
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[list for March 1864]
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the fortification of City washington are brestworks Starting at the river at south east end of town runing in shape of a half moon a long the north east side of the town to the river north west of town one large ford at the senter of the brestworks also some thirty short brestworks runing in from the main brestworks about 25 yards long. there is a rais of ground about ½ a mile from brestworks about 10 or 15 feet hier then the ground is where the town starts all round town the Rebles occupied
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[list]
that when the atacted the town the had there guns planted all round on that but the couldent do any thing with all there guns the bursted a number of there guns there are 4 block houses at this plase
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1st Corps
Michael Feather Co I
1 Joseph Clingerman Co I
2 Daniel Bash Co I
3 Joseph Fetter Co I
4 Hary Fetter Co I
5 W. Bisewick H
6 E. L. Seese Co H
7 Wm Shank H
8 Jacob Smith
9 Aaron Sheener Co B
10 A. O Burt Co B
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White House
John Blunt
the Best [?]
[?] James Grise
3 Chapt 3 St John
Due John Mock
[figures]
[upside down]
Michael Feather
this portfilo
Oct 26th 1862
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Jenna
Pasword
on Genna
picket
May 4 AD 1863
Lee Sick may 8 AD 1863
Camp gard sign
Sebastepool countersign
Bladens Burg
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landed about noon took the cars for Suffolk landed at 6 oclock marched to Camp and laid out without tents pleasent day rain in our march
4th pleasent in the morning pitched our tents in the afternoon
5th rainy and cold
6th Clear cold freesing a little
7th Clear cold and the ground froos hard
8 Clear and cold in the morning Cool all day
9th Cool and frost in the morning pleasent afternoon moved our tents to the rear of the regiment
10th Frost in morning warm thrue the day built Caben 11 frosty morning warm day
12 Do warm and clear June weather washed my shirt
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went on picket in the eavning
13 Came in in the morning from picket warm in day time 14 warm and clear
15th Sultry warm in the morning pleasent all day
16th heavy showers in the morning [faded] windy
17th Cool all day and clear and went to town
18th Cool in the morning warm at noon
19th Cool and clear but not frost 20th warm
21st Do 23 Do 24 Do
25 Do 26 Do 27th raining
28 rain in the morning Started from Camp marched 18 miles laid in a field Started on 29th marched 18 Do laid in the woods
30th marched to the warf got on the boat on the 31st at 3 oclock in the morning
DATABASE CONTENT
| (15189) | DL0553.002 | Diaries |
Tags: African Americans, Appomattox Campaign, Artillery, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Burials, Cavalry, Children, Chores, Clothing, Conscription/Conscripts, Death (Military), Defeat/Surrender, Discharge/Mustering Out, Drilling, Fighting, Food, Guard/Sentry Duty, Guns, Home, Hospitals, Hygiene, Illnesses, Injuries, Joseph E. Johnston, Marching, Money, Music, Payment, Picket Duty, Prisoners of War, Railroads, Religion, Rivers, Ships/Boats, Siege of Petersburg, Supplies, The Grand Review, Ulysses S. Grant, United States Sanitary Commission, Weather
People - Records: 1
- (5235) [writer] ~ Feather, Michael
SOURCES
Michael Feather Diary, DL0553.002, Nau Collection
