Jacob Sanford Diary, 1865
Sunday, January 1, 1865.
Campt at white han[?] and toock our line of march for Savannah got within four miles of it and bivouac for the night Cold night and froze a little
Jacob sanford Copnay F 55 Ill [?] doctor Tomkins ordley like him first rate very nice man
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Monday, January 2, 1865.
started four miles from town and march in to town and laid out campt one mile from town and thare we was to stay awhile
Docter tomkins came to ous surgeon of the rigment
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Tuesday, January 3, 1865.
fixt up camp poleacd and cleand up all around
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Wednesday, January 4, 1865.
fixt up tent docter tomkins come and toock comand re leaved docter Smith
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Thursday, January 5, 1865.
docter Smith went down to town and got musterd out toock a contract for three month and is at post hospital in Savannah
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Friday, January 6, 1865.
lieut scot and me went down to town to get some oysters but could not get any tried to get some whiskey and could not get any
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Tuesday, January 10, 1865.
went down to town to by some ration Coming back lost them of from my horse went back after but could not find them rained like hell got wet as the Dev
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Thursday, January 12, 1865.
the docter and my self went down to town to see the Calvery review seen old hille chase logan
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Friday, January 13, 1865.
got orderers to march revle at four oclock march at 8 the docter went to town to the theater got back at ten oclock and then we went to bed and slep
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Saturday, January 14, 1865.
got up at four and got breackfast and marcht at 7 march to thunderbolt got here at twelve oclock stopt thare all that day and night
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Sunday, January 15, 1865.
stayed in campt all day had mail but did not get any and ditent like it
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Monday, January 16, 1865.
got on the boat Steamer Seany started out at twelve got out in the big pond got to Beaufort at sundown got of the boat and marcht out to camp three miles Bivouac for the night the docter and me got lost and had fun afinding the rigment I like to froze my hands
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Tuesday, January 17, 1865.
Docter and my self and lieutenant Scoot went down to town got some soft bread and traded around town and come back the rigment had gone in to campt at night our things come up and we pitcht our tent got some grass and made a good bed for solder Slep sound that night
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Wednesday, January 18, 1865.
stayd round camp heard that the first divi had marching orders heard that fort fisher was taken and Wilmington was allso at night the ambulance came to ous boby the driver eat so many oysters that he could hardly sleep
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Thursday, January 19, 1865.
stayed around campt all day the docter went over to the 109 in the forenoon in the afternoon it rained and Boby went to train
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Friday, January 20, 1865.
got up in the morning was clear and nice in the afternoon it rained and we drawed ration drawed soft bread for the first time sinc we left Eastpoint
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Saturday, January 21, 1865.
rained all day and in the afternoon me and the docter went down to town and drawed some sanitary goods tobaco and ink and shued to the men and maid out a requisition for medisines
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Sunday, January 22, 1865.
to day I was to go to hilten head for medisens but thare was no boat and had to come back in the afternoon had review and it rained in the afternoon we have no meeting any more
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Monday, January 23, 1865.
to day went down to town to go to hilton head but got thare to late to get the boat and while genral sherman landed genral howred and and foster was thare went to town and thare had a niger band play was nice music
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Tuesday, January 24, 1865.
got up at four oclock in the morning and went to town got on the boat got Leary went to Hiltin head derived medical suplies and come back again got back at 3 oclock
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Wednesday, January 25, 1865.
had sick call in the morning hiram show had the small pox docter and me went down to town to get him in the best hospital while was aseeing to it I got the horses shod it was cold and windy all day thare was a lot of drafted men come for the So AC
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Thursday, January 26, 1865.
pleasent windy and very cold Burnsides of Company G was promoted hospital stured built a chimney for our tent and at night had marching orders
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Friday, January 27, 1865.
Moved our campt about 7 miles
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Saturday, January 28, 1865.
Stayed down to camp all day
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Sunday, January 20, 1865.
nice fine wether had revew
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Monday, January 30, 1865.
Marcht all day and campt at port[?] for the night and boby the ambulance driver spraned his ancle and the captin toock my horse away from me and gave it to the sargent magor
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Tuesday, January 31, 1865.
laid in camp all day
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Wednesday February 1, 1865.
marcht all day and campt at hickry hill there was a great many house and burnt
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Thursday, February 2, 1865.
started at half past six found the enemy at Duck brach had a skurmish with them drove them across and then campt for the night
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Friday, February 3, 1865.
laid in campt all day at duck branch then this brigade cross the river and drove the enemy away and went out aforigin
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Saturday, February 4, 1865.
marcht at 11 oclock marcht eight miles and campt at [?] Crosrods and went out aforigin got some hams and chickins and hindrd pounds of flour
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Sunday, February 5, 1865.
Started out on aforigin went about eight miles come to [?] black thare found too prety girls
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Monday, February 6, 1865.
Monday we marcht 8 miles and campt for the night
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Tuesday, February 7, 1865.
marcht 7 miles come to the ralyrode
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Wednesday, February 8, 1865.
marcht 8 miles come to south Edisto I was out aforigin got muls and acart one ham come in to campt and found my rigment out on the scirmish line went out to them the rebs was on the other side and has burnt the brige sent our rigment out up the river to go across I was the first man across laid out in the swamp
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Thursday, February 9, 1865.
the rebs left and our division all got across and and campt for the night we went out agforigin I went out by my self set a goo hors
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Friday, February 10, 1865.
went aforigin didant get mutch got a letter from brother [?] one from lida
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Saturday, February 11, 1865.
John T Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Timber
John Roland
Muscatine
Iowa
John T Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowa timber
John Roland
Muscatine
Muscatine Co
Iowa
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Sunday, February 12, 1865.
Miss Janey Rowland
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Friday, February 17, 1865.
lbs
Coffee 1.50
Sugar 2.82
Beans 1.30
Salt beef 2.13
Sholders 7.69
Cod fish 1.99
Vinegar 1.83
Candels 2.30
Soap .75
Salt .90
peper 4½
mixt veg .42
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Friday, March 10, 1865.
left goldsboro crossed the railroad Sickernvill the 15th was on the [?] wing the roads was very mudy and it rained all day we marcht about 15 miles got in to camp at 11 oclock
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Saturday, March 11, 1865.
Started this morning at ten oclock campt at lowell city there was a factory thare and about one hundred woman mostly setled with quakers
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Wednesday, March 15, 1865.
[?]
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Monday, April 10, 1865.
left goldsboro at eight oclock crossed the wilmington and weldon railroad at [?]ickernvill the road was very mudy rained all day the first brigade was train guard temes got stuck and we never got in camp untill one oclock the temes ceeps the road and the troops marces the sides of the roads throu the brush and swamp marched 13 miles
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Tuesday, April 11, 1865.
started the next morning at 8 oclock marched about 11 miles Campt at lowell city thare was afactory thare good many women the town was mostly setled by quakers
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Wednesday, April 12, 1865.
Started at 8 oclock Campt near Smithfield it was a warm and clear day in the morning had the news of general lees surender to grant
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Thursday, April 13, 1865.
this morning we had the orders red that that lee had surender his entire forse to grant march about 10 miles started at noon campt with in a mile of the nuse river and to night it cleard off it was a very nice country that we passed throu and now my bed is made I will lay down
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Friday, April 14, 1865.
marcht throu town generl sherman was at the state house and we passed in review and campt about four miles from town the most of the town surendrd the town thare wasent hardly any thing stroid the hotell was in good running ordr could get your meals for one dolar and before you would had to pay fifty
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Saturday, April 15, 1865.
stayed here all day raned very hard
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Friday, April 21, 1865.
[?]
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Tuesday, April 25, 1865.
to day genl grant passed along the lines revewing the campt and allso genn mead and Sherman
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Sunday, April 30, 1865.
[?]
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Wednesday, May 3, 1865.
Colonel ordered [?]
Capt Roberts
Docter
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Friday, May 5, 1865.
[?]
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Friday, May 12, 1865.
James M
Tracey
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Sunday, May 14, 1865.
Marcht about five miles and went in to camp for the rest of the day the day has bin midling every man is in good spirits
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Monday, May 15, 1865.
J [?]
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Tuesday, June 20, 1865.
drawed ration comencin the 21
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Wednesday, June 21, 1865.
ration comences to day and ends the 26
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Monday, June 26, 1865.
Sent to
C C Baiston
Co B 55
Grayville
White co
Ill
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Tuesday, June 27, 1865.
Ration comencing
to
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Wednesday, June 28, 1865.
Days of
beef
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Sunday, July 2, 1865.
Capting Dix
[?] mess
[?] bread
Check 462
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Wednesday, July 5, 1865.
Envelops $3.79
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Saturday, July 8, 1865.
got washing at 10 cents apeace & 6 peacs same as draw some ration same as [?] the other
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Sunday, July 9, 1865.
draw 1 day
[?]
Draw soft bread from 6 in the morning
draw beaf 2.13
on the 12 2.14
on the 14
on the 18 2.14
No of men 171
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Monday, July 10, 1865.
50 lbs of coffe
[?] pork
49 hams
182 sugar
43 candels
75 soap
179 beans
4½ pepper
10 salt
42 Mix vegtables
11 pickels
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Tuesday, July 11, 1865.
draw soft bread evry morning
from the 10 to 2
draw beaf
214 on the 12
231 on the 14
44 on the 18
[?]
half bush potatoes ½ one dosen bars of corn Capt [?] half bush potatoes
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Wednesday, July 12, 1865.
At [?] mess one half bush of potatoes
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Thursday, July 13, 1865.
peaches $40
apaples 2
Potatos 4.00
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Saturday, July 15, 1865.
bush potatoes $2.00
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Friday, July 21, 1865.
Sanford Paris
City McDonough
Co Ills
Albert G
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Sunday, July 23, 1865.
Received [?]
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Wednesday, August 16, 1865.
went abord the lady pik and started for cars loaded with about one hundred mules and mules can bee bought for eight to ten and $5 [?] and cost eight dolars ahead from the bluffs to Sant louis and make the trip from wendsday
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Thursday, August 27, 1865.
to wends from Sant louis to the [?] bluff
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Monday, August 21, 1865.
to day we
for the 55 see
car 2247
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Monday, September 11, 1865.
Company F
George rose
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Wednesday, September 13, 1865.
No 35
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Thursday, September 14, 1865.
Check for the [?]
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Monday, October 2, 1865.
Due the mess Co A 50
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Wednesday, October 4, 1865.
started 7 oclock for [?] in co with Robert M Cox and lady arrived there on time and was married to miss Lida Bristo
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Friday, October 27, 1865.
draw tomorow for four days
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Saturday, October 29, 1865.
[?]
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Sunday, December 10, 1865.
[?]
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Friday, December 22, 1865.
wash pan
Dish pan
Coffee pot
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Saturday, December 23, 1865.
[?]
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Saturday, December 30, 1865.
James Lytel
Springfield
[?]thmon Co
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Cash Account. April.
Jacob Sandford
Co F 55 Ill Vol
1 Brig 2 Div 15 AC
Jacob Sanford
Company F 55 Ill
1 Brig 2 Div 15 AC
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Cash Account. May.
Jacob Sanford
Com. Sergeant
Enlisted Oct 7 – 1861
Mustered out
Aug 14 – 1865
Co. F 55 Ill
Infantry
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Cash Account. August.
half a [?] of [?]
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Cash Account. September.
lbs of beef
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Cash Account. December.
Mak out one
Commence on the 30 and enter on the 20
mak out one to comenc the first of July
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Memoranda.
Docter hector
DATABASE CONTENT
| (15291) | DL0653 | Diaries | 1865 |
Tags: African Americans, Alcohol, Ambrose Burnside, Animals, Camp/Lodging, Cavalry, Chores, Clothing, Conscription/Conscripts, Defeat/Surrender, Destruction of Land/Property, Food, George G. Meade, Hospitals, Illnesses, Marching, Medicine, Music, Robert E. Lee, Supplies, Trading, Ulysses S. Grant, Weather, William T. Sherman
People - Records: 1
- (5318) [writer] ~ Sanford, Jacob
SOURCES
Jacob Sanford Diary, 1865, DL0653, Nau Collection
