Alvan B. Fisher Diary, 1864
Nellie M Cobb
North Leeds
N.E.
A Bennett Fisher
Rutland
Mass
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10 Mass Battery
2nd Armey Corps
artilery Brigade
Mr Alvan B. Fisher
Brandy Station
Va.
A. B. F. From the
town of Rutland
Mass
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This reinlisting is all very fine 30 days furlough & a big bounty but then after the 30 days it is 3 long years of salt horse & hardtack without seeing home. Cant See The POINT
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I wrote some of this on the march some by moon light some by fire light & some by day light
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Friday, January 1, 1864.
Very cold but pleasant got a box from home and had diner out of it. had a whisky punch in the eavning
Saturday 2
Cold three recruits from the 11th Regt Mass
Sunday 3
Mild and pleasant
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Monday, January 4, 1864.
Cold with snow
Tuesday 5
Cold and pleasant the 6 Corps left for Winchester
Wednesday 6
Fine
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Thursday, January 7, 1864.
Cold and cloudy two inches of snow
Friday 8
Fine
Saturday 9
Warm and pleasant 5 more recrutes from Mass
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Sunday, January 10, 1864.
Cold & pleasant
Monday 11
Fine
Tuesday 12
Fine
James Dwight wife come to camp
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Wednesday, January 13, 1864.
Warm & pleasant
Thursday 14
Wether cloudy
Friday 15
Fine
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Saturday, January 16, 1864.
Fine
Sunday 17
Fine
Monday 18
Storm of rain and mud
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Tuesday, January 19, 1864.
Fine
Wednesday 20
Fine
Thursday 21
Warm & pleasant
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Friday, January 22, 1864.
Fine
Saturday 23
Fine
Sunday 24
Warm with a South wind
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Monday, January 25, 1864.
Warm & windy
Oficers grand ball at Culpeper
Tuesday 26
Warm & pleasant
the Capt went to Washington to another ball
Wednesday 27
Very warm & clear
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Thursday, January 28, 1864.
Very warm & clear
13 recrutes from Mass
Friday 29
Very warm & clear
Saturday 30
Fine
Lieut Granger came down with the small pox
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Sunday, January 31, 1864.
Very pleasant
Monday, February 1
Rainy & mist
35 Rebel deserters came in to the lines
Tuesday 2
Damp & foggy
20 Rebel deserters came in to the lines
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Wednesday, February 3, 1864.
Cold & windy
Thursday 4
Cold & windy
Friday 5
Fine
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Saturday, February 6, 1864.
Damp & misty
calde out at four Oclock to march at 7 the Rebs crosed us ingaged the 1st 2nd Corps at knight retreated back
Sunday 7
Damp & cloudy
Harnesed up this morning reddy for the Johnys
2 men came down with the small pox
Monday 8
Cold & plesant
sign pay roal in the afternoon
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Tuesday, February 9, 1864.
Cold and windy
recived 2 months pay. C W got a box from home
Wednesday 10
Fine
Wrote home about the SP 25 recrutes from Mass
Thursday 11
Windy & cold
Put a new stock in the forg
Had the blues all day
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Friday, February 12, 1864.
Cloudy & warm
Shod horses all day
Saturday 13
Fine but windy
Painted the forg in just 15 minuts by the stilards
recived a leter from home
Sunday 14
Very windy and plesant
Had a fool inspection in the morning
wrote home
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Monday, February 15, 1864.
A snow storm began at noon
Wrote home & sent Ws picture home
Tuesday 16
Very windy and cold
Wednesday 17
the coldest wether that wee have had this winter
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Thursday, February 18, 1864.
Very cold
Worked on horses part of the day
Friday 19
Fine but cold
Worked on horses part of the day
Saturday 20
Fine with some wind
shod Magfords horse all round
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Sunday, February 21, 1864.
Fine & warm
had a fool inspectshion
Monday 22
Warm
Painted the ford the 2ond coat
recived a leter from home & wrote one home
Tuesday 23
Warm & plesant
Had a Corps revue finished painting the forge
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Wednesday, February 24, 1864.
Some wind and cloudy
had a monthly inspection in the forenoon
Thursday 25
Cloudy began to rain at 9 Oclock in the eavning
Worked on horses the most of the day
Friday 26
Warm & plesant
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Saturday, Feburary 27, 1864.
Very warm
Worked on the team wagons all day
Sunday 28
Cloudy with wind
Shod horses in the morning.
Had orders to be redy to march
5 Recrutes
Monday 29
Cloudy with some rain. Mustered in for pay. Recived a letter from home & wrote one home
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Tuesday, March 1, 1864.
Rainy all day
Began snowing in the eavning
Wednesday 2
Cold the ground covert with snow the sun came out warm at noon. Signd Sined the the clothing roals
Thursday 3
Very warm & fine
Sined the clothing book Shooed for the first time since I left Poolsville
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Friday, March 4, 1864.
Cloudy & cold with wind
The report is that Kill Patrick is in Richmond. Recived a leter from home & wrote one home
Saturday 5
Cloudy with some rain
Shod part of the day
The Ofesers had a dance over to the 2nd Div
Sunday 6
Fine with some wind
Pirses mother & brother arived in camp last night
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Monday, March 7, 1864.
Fine all day
Worked on horses part of the day & repard the Ambulance
Had a horse drill
C.E. Wardis was apointed clark
Tuesday 8
Rainy part of the day sun come out at noon Beans for diner
Wednesday 9
Fine all day
Worked on horses part of the day. potatos & meat for diner
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Thursday, March 10, 1864.
Rained very hard all day. Soop for diner the Capt got leave to go to Poolesville tomorrow
Friday 11
Rainy the most of the day with thunder the mud so deep that horses get lost
meat & potatos for diner
Recived a leter from A Pierce
Saturday 12
Fine all day
Sent a leter to N.Y.
Wrote one to A Peirce
Recived a leter from home
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Sunday, March 13, 1864.
Fine with some wind
wrote a leter home
beans for diner
Three Recruits from Brookline, Mass
Monday 14
Some wind & cold
Reported to the sick call
Meat for diner
Tuesday 15
Cold, snow squarl about noon
Reported to the sick call
Soop for diner
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Wednesday, March 16, 1864.
Cloudy & cold
The 3rd Armey Corp was revued
Capt J Henry Sleeper got back from Poolesville
Recived a book from N.Y. out of the [?]
Thursday 17
Fine but windy
Shood part of the day
meat for diner
Friday 18
Very windy all day
had orders to be redy to march on acount of the Rebs crosing
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Saturday, March 19, 1864.
Some wind
Clean up for inspection
hevy guns all day in the direction of the River
Recived a leter from home
Sunday 20
Some wind
sent a leter home
Pork & potatos for diner
Monday 21
Mr L—House was burned
Cold with some wind
had a pice of tobaco of Edwards Georg N.D. wrote to Wrentham
Meat & potatos for diner
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Tuesday, March 22, 1864.
Cold with some snow
Sent a book home
had Beans for diner
Wrote to father
Wednesday 23
Sun is very warm. snow six inches deep on a level the most snow wee have had this winter.
Thursday 24
Fine the snow melts fast
recived a leter from home & wrote one home C.W. had a leter from Frank Smith he wrote that Lovrings house was burned
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Friday, March 25, 1864.
Cold & stormy with snow & rain. Meat for diner. had the blues all day
Saturday 26
Very windy but fine Mud all the way from one to six feet deep
Soop for diner, Shod the Capt roan behind
Sunday 27
Fine all day
recived a leter from home & wrote one home
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Monday, March 28, 1864.
Fine all day
Worked the most of the day on horses
Tuesday 29
Cloudy began to rain about noon Shod Lieut Adamse's horse behind
Made a watch for L. Tempel
Wednesday 30
Cloudy & cold with some snow rained very hard all last night
Wrote a leter home got the Blues the worst kind
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Thursday, March 31, 1864.
Fine all day
Washed in the morning
Shod horses in the eavning Recived a leter from home
Friday, April 1
Cloudy looks like rain began to rain at noon wrote a letr home
Saturday 2
Rained all night. Began to snow at day-light. snow & rain all day
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Sunday, April 3, 1864.
Cloudy & cold. mud a plenty
Monday 4
Cloudy Began to snow at 11 Oclock Worked on horses from 8 to 1 Oclock 2 hours in the snow storm
Tuesday 5
Rainy. Rained all night & all day very hard
Wednesday, April 6, 1864.
Fine over head
mud very deep
Thursday 7
this is the last day at B.S.
Very fine
washed part of the day
had orders to be redy to moove at daylight in the morn recived a letr from home & wrote one home
Friday 8
Reported to the 2nd Corps
Fine all day. Brook camp & joined the 2nd Corps.
recived a leter from A.J. Bennett. Went over to the 15th Mass and saw J. Barie
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Saturday, April 9, 1864.
Cloudy & rainy
the order came for a revew at 12 Oclock
Rained all night the coldest storm that we had.
Sunday 10
Fine in the morning began to rain at noon Worked on horses in the foorn morning
Monday 11
Fine all day
Worked on horses all day
the pay master payed off the Battery Baley & Pat brook.
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Tuesday, April 12, 1864.
Cloudy with wind
Had a full mounted inspection at 12 Oclock
Recived a leter from home & wrote one home with a few lines for Mr Ware
Wednesday 13
Fine all day
About all the Boys in the Battery sick. Washed the Forg
Shod the Capt's Jim forad
Thursday 14
Fine all day
Worked on horses all day & Henry Clout helpt me Recived a leter from home & one from Sarah C Ware.
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Friday, April 15, 1864.
Fine all day
Shod six muels for Georg Rich. Wrote a leter home
Saturday 16
Rainy all day
Play all day at B
Sunday 17
Fine over head but the mud very deep. a full mounted inspection Raised the tent up & put a bunk in it.
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Monday, April 18, 1864.
Fine all day
I worked on horses & B[?] built a fire place for the tent the Battery had a drill with the heavy artilery, 8 NH Div—recived a leter from Louis [?]artin of Wrentham
Tuesday 19
Fine but very windy
the Battery had a target shoot Worked the cariges for revew the first man kiled in this Rebelion
Wednesday 20
Cloudy & cold. It is my Birth day.
Wrote a letr home but did not send it
The Battery gone on Revew
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Thursday, April 21, 1864.
Cloudy & cold
Not much work
Recived a leter from home
Friday 22
Very fine & like spring. Wrote a leter home. Had a Corps revew by Gen Grant
this letr is the one that did not go
Saturday 23
Very windy all day
Recived a leter from my Father
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Sunday, April 24, 1864.
Cloudy & looks like rain A full mounted inspection of to be in full marching order the knapsacks to be inspected
Monday 25
Rained all night but fine this morning Had just as meny dandilion greens for diner as I could eat
thare was a man hung in 19th Mass Rigmt
Tuesday 26
Fine all day. Made 6 sliding loops for the harneses. Bout a watch of a R[?] in the Bakery & payd him (the prise on page X)
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Wednesday, April 27, 1864.
Very windy all day
Worked on turning up shoes for the march
Thursday 28
Very windy all day
Worked shoen horses in the foor noon
Devy got a ltr from Wrentham
Friday 29
Fine all day
Worked on horses all day got a letr from home & wrote one home.
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Saturday, April 30, 1864.
Fine all day Was mustard in for 2 months pay Welded a pice onto a cabnet ring & shod 2 Detchaments of horses
Sunday, May 1
Fine all day
had a inspection
Monday 2
Some windy about 5 Oclock in the aft noon the wind blew so hard that it blew the tents flat to the ground. Worked on horses the most of the day
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Tuesday, May 3, 1864.
Very windy all day
Had orders to be redy to march at 7 Oclock in the eavning horlted into park at 11 Oclock. Stampead in the Batterys & hurt 11 of the 1st NH Bt men 3 so that they did not think they would live
Wednesday 4
Fine all day
Started last night at 7 Oclock & marched all night. went into park at 2 Oclock [faded] Chanservill on the old Battle ground just one year ago that Hooker had the fight
Thursday 5
Very fine Started for Fredsburg but did not go thair but went to Tods tavern & than back & went in to line of battle 5, 2, 6th Corps in line of B very hevy firing
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The Battle at Pople neck
Friday, May 6, 1864.
or the Wilderness
Fine. the firing began as soon as light the hevest musketry ever known in this war the firing stoped at dark thay expect to have a large fite tomrow front of Robersons tavern
Saturday 7
Very warm. No firing of any acount up to 10 Oclock. not much firing up to ½ past 4 not much fighting all day. the Rebs falling back the gratest fight evr known.
Sunday 8
Very fine to warm in park ready for a move moved Tods Tavern & halted the Rebs tryed to brake our line very hard Stoped it trds our right
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at Leaders Ville
Monday, May 9, 1864.
Very warm & cloudy
lay in line of Battle
Saw Genls Grant & Meade & hurd them talk. started after the Rebs & sheled thair train & went in to camp at 10
Tuesday 10
the Battle of the poe
Very warm all day
turned out at light the fight began and lasted all day. one of the herdest Battel that evr was fort.
turn to page 5th 1st
Wednesday 11
Very warm & cloudy began to sprinkle but did not last long
Sent a letr home that I give Pirce & he forgot to put in the Bag
the Rebs made a charge in the night but (page 5 2nd)
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Thursday, May 12, 1864.
Cloudy & rainey
started out of camp last night at 12 Oclock got on the rong road & had to come back went in to park at 3 Oclock page 5 3rd
Friday 13
Rained all night
The fight still going on
the horses have not had a bit of grain for 36 hours. the Rebs fell back page 7 = 4th
Saturday 14
Rainey the very deep
turned out at 3 Oclock Lew Smith thretened to report me for calling the Capt page 8 p-5
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Sunday, May 15, 1864.
Cloudy & looks like rain
made a move to the left Burnsids had a hard fight but held his ground. a very hevy shour. page 8 part 6
Monday 16
Fogy but looks as if it would clear off
Had the best night to rest since wee have ben on the march. lee Genl Lee is (with his armey)
Page 8 part 7
Tuesday 17
on the Poe River
Warm & cloudy. the Battery has gorn up to take a position whare thay was yesterday
Turned in 2 of the guns & thay was sent to Bell plain or Fredresburde Fredricksburge Page 9-Part 8
Wednesday, May 18, 1864.
Fine & warm
Wee was on the move all last night the story is that the Rebs are trying to flank us on the right
page 9 & part 9
Thursday 19
Cloudy & warm
Every thing seams quiet
Corcrans Leagon made a fearful charge yestarday morning. Page 9 & Part 10
Friday 20
Clear & very warm
stood in the harnis all night redy to move. stood in harnis till 9 Oclock in the foor noon
Page 10 Part 11
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Saturday, May 21, 1864.
Warm & dusty
Started out of camp at 11 oclock & marched all night
wee went into camp at line of Battle at 4 Oclock in the Page 11 & Part 12
Sunday 22
Warm & dusty
A few shots fired last night had a fare nights rest Pased throu Bowlin Green about noon. Page 11-Part 12
Monday 23
Cloudy & very warm
had orders to be redy to march. recived a letr from home & wrote yesturday Part 13
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Tuesday, May 24, 1864.
Very warm all day
Started out of camp park at ½ past 5 Oclock & the Battery went in to position on the North sid of the North [?] Part 14
Wednesday 25
Very warm with a few showers. not much fighting through the day, onhitched & no harneses at 9 Oclock
Part 15
Thursday 26
Cloudy & warm
Wrote a letr home
started & crosed the River back again & went into park on the hill
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Friday, May 27, 1864.
Very warm & dusty
Wee started at 11 Oclock the Rebs sheled us some before wee started Wee marched in the direction of
Saturday 28
Very warm all day
Started at 5 Oclock & crosed the Pominkey River. wee found the rebs about three miles over the river Part 16
Sunday 29
Very warm but cole in the morning. all quiet on the front in park at 9 Oclock. Cavelry had a fight yesturday Part 17
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wee ar at Atleys S.T.
Monday, May 30, 1864.
HOB
Started at 5 Oclock in the morning & advanced about 3 miles, saw 2 Rebs side of the road shot throu the head. some fighting this morning Part 18
Tuesday 31
Very hot all day hevy scermishing all day the story is that a charge is to be made at dark
wee have ben gaining Part 19
Wednesday, June 1
The wethr very hot
the firing began as soon as light. the 6 Corps was moving all night Part 20
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Thursday, June 2, 1864.
Coal harbor
Very warm
Started last night & marched all night in the direction of the Chickhominy River Gen Smith Part 21
Friday 3
Very warm With a wind shour considerable Artlery firing the shell flew thick Ben Barlow made a charge & took 400 Pris-Part 22
Saturday 4
Very warm all day
Not much but skurmishing throu the day & it is the 6th day that our Battery has ben under fire Part 23
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Sunday, June 5, 1864.
Warm with some shours not much fighting through the day but just at night the Rebs made a despret charge to brak our lines Part 24
Monday 6
Very warm
L Alard came back to the Battery he was gone very near one year not much fighting through the day Part 25
Tuesday 7
Cloudy & cold
Not[?] any fighting all day. a flag of truse was caryd to the Rebs & a cesation of hostility Part 26
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Wednesday, June 8, 1864.
Very warm
found Aaron Bennett & Barten in the 14 Mass Battery yesturday.
A Abbot came back to the Battery yesturday Part 27
Thursday 9
Cloudy & cule
Not much firing. Aaron come out to see me just at night Cheering all the length of the line cant tell wat for
Friday 10
Fine with a good brees
The casesons moved farther to the rear out of the way of the morter shells. recived a leter from home
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Saturday, June 11, 1864.
Warm all day
not much firing. the story is that we move to the left. drawed 18 horses & shod them all.
Sunday 12
Warm & cloudy
Started & marched all night reported that wee was goin to harisons landing but wee did not
Monday 13
Warm all day
Wee marched all day & went into park at 8 Oclock within one mild of James River below H Landing
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Tuesday, June 14, 1864.
Cule & cloudy
Layd clos to the James River the R full of gun bots & transports. the first time for 40 days but what wee could hear firing evry minuate of the time
Wednesday 15
Warm & fair (very dusty)
crosed the James River in transports about 4 Oclock & went into park & staid harnesed up all night
Thursday 16
Fine & very warm
Started & marched within 2 miles of Peaters Burge could see 3 steaples of the churches Part 28
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Friday, June 17, 1864.
Very warm & dusty
Hard fighting all day
the 10 Mass Battery shell Peaters Burg
Saturday 18
the story is that the Rebs hav fell back. very hard fiting all day & gaind some ground the Red ◊ would not charge the story is.
Recived a leter from home
Sunday 19
Warm with a little brees
Wrote a letter home. Not much firing through the day Lieut Granger had a bulet through his sleeve.
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Monday, June 20, 1864.
Foggy in the morning but cleard up & was warm
Not much fiting of consecqance in the front. the Battery was relived for a rest wee went into park
Tuesday 21
Very hot & dusty.
the rest wee got was to march to the left & stop John Lee from flanking us the first Div of the [picture of a club] Corps had a smart fight.
Wednesday 22
Very hot & dusty
The Rebs made a charge & took the 12th N.Y. Battery with some prisinors & the first revirse of the Campain.
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Thursday, June 23, 1864.
Very hot & dusty
Hevy firing last night a long distance off expected to be Gen Hunter no further nuse from Hunter
Friday 24
The wether still continues hot the hevest canon firing that I ever heard on the right suposed to be the sheling of PeatersBurge wee moved on the extreame left
Saturday 25
the hotest wether I ever saw. wrote a leter home. very still throu the day but about 11 Oclock thair was heavy musketry charge I supose by the R
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Sunday, June 26, 1864.
the wethr still continues very hot Considerable firing all night but it is so hot it is all most impossible to fight in the day time a few drops of rain just at night but by the looks thair was quite a shour at PtsB
Monday 27
Another hot day
Wee moved out to the reer on picket to suport the Cavelry. may stay one day & may stay a week had a letr from Cornela
Tuesday 28
Cloudy & cule had a little shour last night not much goin on a good breas throu the day
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Wednesday, June 29, 1864.
Comfortable wether
wrote a letr home
had orders to go to the front Shod 14 horses before wee started had a leter from home after I wrote one
Thursday 30
the wether is more comfortable wee was mustard in for 2 months pay not much fiting gon on
Friday, July 1
Warm & dusty with a little breas. every thing is still to what it has ben the 6th Corps riped up the Weldon Rail Road
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Saturday, July 2, 1864.
Warm with a good breas
moved up to the right about ¼ of a mild recived a letr from Sarah & wrote one back had a letr from home
Sunday 3
Very warm all day
Worked all day shoeing horses
nothing of importance goin on had recruit just from Liverpool
Monday 4
Had a few sprinkes of rain
wrote a letr home
Worked part of the day on horses, not any fighting but the Rebs said they was goin to lick us
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Tuesday, July 5, 1864.
Warm & dry
Had a full mounted inspection not much work for me this day the 5 Corps had a smart fight this morning
Wednesday 6
Warm not much breas. Nothing of acout goin on the report is that Reb Gen Ewell is making a raid into Md.
Thursday 7
Warm with a little breas
sent a paper home with Capt Stapes picture in it left my watch to the 7th NH Battery to be repaird
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Friday, July 8, 1864.
The hotest day that wee have but repaird the Ambulance. Fag had his arm cut with a adz he was from Barie wee had to harness up & be redy for the Rebs.
Saturday 9
the wethr a little culer but very warm. made a bail for a bucket for the well the Boys dug. the Intefry played pick up & some of the Batterys played Boots & sadles.
Sunday 10
the wether comfortable
the ofisers baggage orderd to the rear expect to start at any time
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Monday, July 11, 1864.
The wethr comfortable the order com to harness & be redy to start. next it was onhitch & onharness
Tuesday 12
Looks like rain
the order com to harness up to start at 12 Oclock at night marched 2 miles & went into park for orders
Wednesday 13
Very hot. Got into park at 2 oclock last night & got orders to report to Gen Barlow on the plank road
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recived a letr from home
Thursday, July 14, 1864.
Warm & dusty. Reported to Gen Barlow last night & wee marched out to the left & back then to the right of the line or the left sorter in the reer
Friday 15
Warm & dusty
Nothing particler goin on. wrote a letr home Recived one from Anna Bennett
Saturday 16
Some breas but the sun hot Nothing in the paper about the raid in MD. A shell went off by chance & burnd my hand. Recived a leter from home
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Sunday, July 17, 1864.
Fine all day & not quite so hot. the order came at 11 Oclock to hitch up & be redy to moove for thay expected the Rebs was agoin to make an atack
wrote a leter home
Monday 18
Fine some brees but the sun hot stood in the harness all night the orders com at 5 Oclock to onhitch. Sent my watch home by P. Babett of Barie
Tuesday 19
Began to rain in the morning the first rain that wee have had since the 13 of May. wrote a leter home. some firing twords right
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Wednesday, June 20, 1864.
Rained some through the night. stedy skermishing all night. wrote a letr to Anna Bennett
Stedy firing all day
Thursday 21
wethr culer
recived a letr from home the firing stedy nothing of importance goin on
Friday 22
The wethr cule & comfortable the PeatrsBurge express (a gun) fired all night stedy recived a letr from Anna Bennett
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Saturday, July 23, 1864.
Quite cold last night the sun was o. fixed the [?] yesturday. Lieut Smith refused me a pice of wood to make a Belows porl of. Georg Rich on the forg
Sunday 24
Wrote a letr to Anna Bennett had a full mounted inspection
rained hard all night & my book got wet through
Monday 25
Very windy all day
had orders to pitch up pack up & be redy to move at a short notice
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the North sid of the James R
Tuesday, July 26, 1864.
Cule & comfortable.
all redy to start on a raid
Started & crosed the Apmatox to the James at Joness neck at ½ past 2 Oclock in the night
Wednesday 27
Cloudy but no rain.
The fighting comenced at day light & wee took 4 pices of artilery (20 lb) & 2 casons. the Rebs run & did not show fight
Thursday 28
Cloudy with a few sprinkles. the Gunbots shelling the Rebs all day. Wee took somthing over one hundred prisnors & six Ofisers.
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Friday, July 29, 1864.
Fine the sun very hot all still in the front. had a swim in the James River last night. Started & crosed the James R & marched all night long back to Peaters Burg
Saturday 30
the hotest day of the season. Gen Grant made a atack on the whole line I cant say how it came out Got payed off for 4 months recived a leter from home
Sunday 31
Very warm the warmest day yet. Started last night & marched back to the old Camp. piched the tent the grate CHARGE. Bad
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Monday, August 1, 1864.
A good breas all day.
Worked hard all day
the story is that wee have got to move to M.d.
Tuesday 2
A good breas all day
worked part of the day on horses
not much fighting goin on
Wednesday 3
Windy & cule all day
not much work
hitched up redy for a start but unhitched in the corse of a hour
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Thursday, August 4, 1864.
Windy & cule
not much goin on
worked part of the day was over to Battery K. & got some shoes had a leter from home
Friday 5
Warm & dusty
Very heavy firing just at night
wrote a leter home
Saturday 6
the weth hot
not much goin on to the front
worked some in the morning
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Sunday, August 7, 1864.
The hotest wether I ever saw.
had a full mounted inspection. was agoin to write home but I swet so that I could not
Monday 8
Very warm
som artilery at work this morning not much goin on through the day of acount.
Tuesday 9
Warm but some thunder just at night
James Needam came to see me. recived a leter from Anna Bennett with her picture
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Wednesday, August 10, 1864.
the wethr is cule & nice the grate nois that wee hurd yesterday morning was a barge of powder down to City point & it don lots of damige
Thursday 11
Cloudy & cule
recived a leter from home. Worked part of the day Not much of any thing goin on
Friday 12
Cloudy & cule
The morter shells from the Joneys burst prety fast considrable shelling goin on Wrote a letter home
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Saturday, August 13, 1864.
Warm & dusty. Started & marched all night went into park near Broad landing the talk is that wee are goin to M.D. but I cant see it.
Sunday 14
Very warm. started to the river but turned round & went back. not the Infentry had a fight over the river
Monday 15
Cloudy & a litle culer not much going on. wee took 10 guns from the Rebs last Saturday
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Tuesday, August 16, 1864.
Very warm
Wee (the Reserve Art) marched down to the river about 3 miles redy for to renforse the [club] Corps.
Wednesday 17
Some breas but hot & the heavest shower that I ever saw & very sharp lightning
Thursday 18
Fine & cule
Very heavy firing in front of Peaters Burge last night moved camp for the want of water
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Friday, August 19, 1864.
Cloudy & stormey
some fighting over the river last night
nothing nue gon on
Saturday 20
Rained all night very hard & cloudy this morning. wrote a letr home started & marched back to the old camp at Peaters Burge recived a letr from home
Sunday 21
Very warm all day
very heavy firing on the left wee marched about four miles to the left our lines have advanced
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Monday, August 22, 1864.
Warm a very hevy shour just at night
the Battery went up to the front
Tuesday 23
A little culer
Hity Philps & Thompson went to the Horspital the Battery moved out to Reams Station on the Weldon R.Road
Wednesday 24
Fine & cule. Sick all day not much going on the Battery is up to Reams Station
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Thursday, August 25, 1864.
Cule & comfortable
wrote a letr to Anna Bennett. Wee lost our Battery & some men the list of men lost on Page 100
Friday 26
Warm a small shour last night. had a leter from home & wrote one home Georg N Deveraux died in the Horspital
Saturday 27
A heavy shour last night had a letr from home telling me that my watch had got home wrote a leter to Nellie M Cobb
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Sunday, August 28, 1864.
Cule & comfortable
Nothing of acount goin on 80 horses drawn for the Artilery Brigade none for us for wee have no guns
Monday 29
Cule & comfortable
wrote a letr home & sent a letr in it for Jenk Printess Considerable firing in front of P. Burge
Tuesday 30
Cule the wethr is like fall of the year. Put 2 blads in a knife for my self. Very still in the front
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Wednesday, August 31, 1864.
Fine & cule
mustard in of the gear Signed the cothin boock nothing of acount gon on
Thursday, September 1
Fine & cule. Very still in the front a grate fight expected on the Weldon Rail Road with the 5th Corps. recived a letr from home. Willard Woodis came to see me
Friday 2
Fine & cule. Wrote letr home. A man shot for desursion out of Battery K.
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Saturday, September 3, 1864.
Cloudy & looks like rain
Made a roolett table
very still in the front.
Sunday 4
Cloudy but no rain
Recived a leter from home. Very still in the front
Monday 5
Cloudy & warm
Very heavy canonading the whole length of the line Wrote a leter home H. B. Oliver come up to the Battery sick with the Disentry
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Tuesday, September 6, 1864.
A very hevy shour last night & cloudy this morning with some rain all day Made a pen case for HB Oliver
Wednesday 7
Very windy but fine
the 2nd Corps Hospital moved up from the reer on acount of the Reb Cavelry. recived a letr from N. M. Cobb
Thursday 8
Cloudy with some rain
Recived a leter from home & one from Sarah C. Ware.
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Friday, September 9, 1864.
Cloudy with some rain. wrote a letr home & one to Mr Ware had a ration of Whisky drawed 54 horses
Saturday 10
Windy & comfortable
Canonading the whole length of the line
shod horses all day
the 2nd Corps charged the Reb picket line & took some prisners (last night)
Sunday 11
Thanksgiving by the Pres.
Very windy part of the day
shod horses the most of the day.
Considerable picket firing in the front since the charge
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Monday, September 12, 1864.
Windy with some shours
finished shoeing the new horses. Shod a horse for a Barie Chaplin
Tuesday 13
Rather windy all day
picket firing all day & the most of the night
Wednesday 14
Windy all day
Considrable canonading in front on a right hevy firing recived a letr from home
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Thursday, September 15, 1864.
Fine with a little breas
Wrote a leter home had a leter from Anna Bennett
Friday 16
Fine all day
toped my boots
the story is that the Jones Rebs took a lot of our cattle & wee took them back
Saturday 17
Fine & warm
a inspection the first one for a long time
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Sunday, September 18, 1864.
Fine all day
Recived a letr from home & a package of envlops. sick all day.
Monday 19
Cloudy but no rain
Wrote a letr home not much goin on in the front
Tuesday 20
Fine all day. sent a dancing jack home in a letr to the children
Nothing goin on worth note Our guns came from C Point
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a salute for Sheridan
Wednesday, September 21, 1864.
Fine all day
Worked on the new guns all day. recived a letr from home wanting to now about the hous in White Hall
Thursday 22
Rained all night
Wrote a letr home & told my wife to buy the house in W Hall
all still in the front
Friday 23
Rainy part of the day
Worked part of the day
Not much goin on in the front
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Saturday, September 24, 1864.
Rainy. a salute of 100 guns fired for Sheradins victory in the Valey. Sined the pay roals Was orderd to the front & (started about 10 Oclock) to relive the 10th Corps in front of Peters burg
Sunday 25
Fine. The guns went into the fort about 2 Oclock in the morning
Payed 2 months pay 8 recruts Beamus H
Herman Beamus & 7 other recruits for the Battery
Monday 26
Fine all day. moved in to the camp whare the Battery went out
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Tuesday, September 27, 1864.
Fine all day. had to fix the tents all over just to suit Dongo.
Worked hard all day
Wednesday 28
Wrote to Anna Bennett
Fine all day
all the Sutlers orderd to City Point. Sheling the whole length of the line a big fight expected orders to be redy to move at a moment
Thursday 29
Fine. all still in the front but expect a fight soon all the teams orderd to the Point a letr from home expect to move tonight
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Friday, September 30, 1864.
Fine. Layed in the same place all day & night A very big fight out the left
Saturday, October 1
Rainy all night and some of the day. in the same camp. wrote a leter home but have not have a chance to send it
Sunday 2
Cloudy Rained all night. have not left the old camp yet.
finished a leter & sent it home.
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Monday, October 3, 1864.
Cloudy all day.
still in the old camp
not much fighting goin on as far as I can find out
Tuesday 4
Cloudy & warm
the Rebs throde a shell or 2 into the suply train of the artty Brigade.
considrable firing just at night sounds like a charge
Wednesday 5
Very warm all day
not much goin on rather still may look out for a storm
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Thursday, October 6, 1864.
Still continues warm not anything goin on in the front but expect a big fight soon
Friday 7
Still continues warm
Very heavy firing on the right. Painted the forg.
Saturday 8
Could and windy
recived a leter from home
wrote a leter home
Joseph Barie came over to see me
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Sunday, October 9, 1864.
Very cold the coldest wethr wee have had this fall. had a full mounted inspection
wrote a leter to my Father
Monday 10
the coldest time wee have had wrote a leter to N.Y. for a pen & holder
Tuesday 11
Fine and cule all day
thair was a charge mad on the left of the line dont now what the result was
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Wednesday, October 12, 1864.
Fine in the morn but rain at night
Got a resipt from Adams Exp. Co for $75.00 sent to N.Y. for 6 tickits.
Thursday 13
Very windy & cold
Sam King came to see the Rutland Boys.
Very still in the front all day 16 recruits for the Battery
Friday 14
Cold & windy
had a leter from home & one from Mrs Ware. wrote one home
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Saturday, October 15, 1864.
Fine all day
wrote a letr to Sarah C Ware. not much goin on in the front
Sunday 16
Fine all day
T Nowel cut my hair
had a weekly inspection
nothing goin on of acount
Monday 17
Fine all day
Had a monthly inspection. considrable shelling throu the night Joseph Barie came to see me
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Tuesday, October 18, 1864.
Cloudy & looks like rain
Worked on horses all the foornoon. Sheling in the eavning
Wednesday 19
Fine all day
Wrote a leter home put a handel on my spider
Thursday 20
Cloudy
Recived a leter from home Samuel King started for home but did not go
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Friday, October 21, 1864.
Fine all day
wrote a leter home about the money that Lieut Granger sent for me. S King started for home
Saturday 22
Where shall I bee. I am in front of petersBurge
Fine & cule
Aaron Bennett came to see me & I lent him a book
Sunday 23
Fine all day
Went after brick to build a fireplace
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Monday, October 24, 1864.
Fine all day. Built a fireplace. Wee had orders to hall out of the foort a march I stoped in the old camp the Battery went about 2 mildse &went into park near fort Bross
Tuesday 25
Fine
Started and went to the Battery. recived a letr from N.Y. with tickets went into park for the night near fort Bross
Wednesday 26
Fine all day. started & went back with the forg & Battery wagon to City Point & got there about 2 Oclock, & went into park
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Thursday, October 27, 1864.
Cloudy began to rain about noon. the was a detale out of the teamsters to go out on picket had a letr from home the Battel of Hatches Run
Friday 28
Rained all night
the heavest firing I ever hurd last night
Wrote a leter home
no nuse from the front
Bad nuse from the front
Saturday 29
Fine & cule
All the Battery Cassons started back to the front & wee started back just at night & found the Battery at the old place
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Sunday, October 30, 1864.
Fine & cule
Moved in to foart last night. wrote a leter home. The Capt came back to the Battery
Monday 31
Fine all day
Mustard for two months pay. the Rebs took some of our pickets last night fited mule shoes
Tuesday, November 1
Fine all day
fited mule shoes not much goin on up at the front
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Wednesday, November 2, 1864.
Cloudy & rained all the afternoon
Blare premoted to Corpral & at the premotions made a prolong hook & a ring
Thursday 3
Rainy & cold all day
not much goin on played checkers the most of the day
Friday 4
Cold & rainy but cleared off. Recived a leter from home worked on my tent all day
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Saturday, November 5, 1864.
Fine but very windy wrote a leter home the left section went into fort Blasdil
Sunday 6
Fine & cold the first ICE that I have seen this season. Had a full mounted inspection
Monday 7
Stormed part of the day. Built me a fireplace.
all still in front
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Tuesday, November 8, 1864.
Cloudy & some rain
Wrote a leter to N.Y. about my pen
The presadent is chosen
Wednesday 9
Cloudy & windy with some rain not much goin on in the front
Thursday 10
Windy with some rain made the Capt a pair of hand irons
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Friday, November 11, 1864.
Fine all day. Had a leter from home & one from Mrs Ware. Samuel King came to the Battery wrote a leter home & one to Mrs Ware
Saturday 12
Cloudy with some rain
Built a stockade to my tent considrable firing up to the front
Sunday 13
Could & windy all day
finished my stockade had a full mounted inspection
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Monday, November 14, 1864.
Could & windy not much goin on in front made a checker board that is about all I did
Tuesday 15
Could & windy. Started to make a door to my tent & got mad & would not finish it the cooks got thair range finished
Wednesday 16
Some wind but not very cold. had a monthly inspection Shod a few horses
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Thursday, November 17, 1864.
Fine all day
Shod horses all day
very still to the front. S. King started for home leaves the tomorow
Friday 18
Fine but windy
Shod some horses & made a fraim to a meat [?] expect to march. Recived a leter from home & one from NY
Saturday 19
Rainy all day. A move on foot. Wrote a leter home
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Sunday, November 20, 1864.
Rainy all day the hardest storm of the season red storyes all day
Monday 21
Rainy all day
not much goin on the rain stoped the move some picket firing up to the front
Tuesday 22
Not rainy but cloudy looks a little like rain
Some picket firing up to the front. wrote a leter home
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Wednesday, November 23, 1864.
Very cold & clear it froze water in the tent two inches thick rather expect to move Lieut Green came to the Battery (from Mass)
Thursday 24
Thanksgiving day
Still very cold.
had hard tack & coffie for breakfast. for diner corn beef & watter for super hardtack & coffie not moved
Friday 25
Still very cold
shod a few horses not much goin on in the front a box from the N.Y. Club for Thanksgiving
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Saturday, November 26, 1864.
Fine but cold nights had a leter from home. made a few staples
Sunday 27
Cloudy rained in the night. wrote a leter home. not much goin on
Monday 28
Fine all day
had a roal of Sorow from home Cornelia wrote a leter to Leroy Hunt of his fathers deth
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Tuesday, November 29, 1864.
Cloudy & rained in the night. orders to move at 6 oclock moved about 4 miles to the left & went into the 11 Mass Batterys camp. saw L. Thoys had a bad headache
Wednesday 30
Fine & warm
was orderd out of camp & went into a old camp my head ached very bad
Thursday, December 1
Fine all day built a stockade H B Oliver had his box come H.B. Oliver cut his toes off with a Axx.
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Friday, December 2, 1864.
Cloudy & looks like rain men sent to City Point for horses. recived a leter from home wrote a leter home. Stoped chueng tobaco
Saturday 3
Cloudy & looks like rain. finished the tent. not very smart myself head troubles me.
Sunday 4
Cloudy & looks like rain. had a full mounted inspection Georg H Days Comision came to the Battery.
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Monday, December 5, 1864.
Joseph
Fine all day
Worked on horses all day. The story is that the 6th Corps is back from the Valey. Joseph Barie came to see me his time was out.
Tuesday 6
Fine all day
Worked on horses all day A move expected on the left.
Wednesday 7
Rainey all day
saw Joeseph Barie & he had his papers & was goin home
shod Lieut Greens horse behind.
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Thursday, December 8, 1864.
Clear & cule
had orders to hitch up four casesons to move at day light. Recived a leter from home & one from my Sister Sarah. Brook camp at dark
Friday 9
Very cold the coldest of the season. went into the 11th N.Y. camp. wrote a leter home Snowed hard just at night. the Battery started just at dark
Saturday 10
Snowed all & hail the snow 2 inches deep ice on the trees. the Battery got back at dark cold & hungry
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Sunday, December 11, 1864.
Cloudy rained some in the night the snow still lays on the ground. wrote a leter to Sister Sarah Ware.
Monday 12
Very cold & froze hard the story is that the 5th Corps is coming back
latest the 5th Corps is in Weldon & still goin ahead
Tuesday 13
Fine & colde all day
not much goin on Rather still. John Goodwin Prince & Doak came back to the Battery. J. Edwards went to the horspital
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Wednesday, December 14, 1864.
Cloudy a little snow in the morning. shod a few horses. had to clean up for inspection Lieut. G. aft day's leave of absance came
Thursday 15
Fine all day. S King came to the Battery & gave me the files I sent for & pills & I took three as soon as I got them
Friday 16
Fine & warm
three men hung for desirting to the enemey some recruts came to the Battery 9 in number had a leter from home
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Saturday, December 17, 1864.
Fine & warm all day
Wrote a letr home Judkins from the 36th Mass Rigmt came to see me. not much goin on. Good nuse from Gen Thomas
Sunday 18
Cloudy & a litle rain A sluit of one 100 fired for Gen Thomas's Victory. Mrs. Ware sent me a Barie paper
Monday 19
Cloudy & some rain
five of the men that was taken prisnors at Reams station came back Smith, Baley Brown Cusic & Milet.
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Tuesday, December 20, 1864.
Fine & cule
Recived a leter from home. nothing goin on worth note
Wednesday 21
Rained hard all day
Wrote a letr home nothing goin on worth note
Thursday 22
Very cold cleard off in the night.
the fire place smoked so wee could not stay in the tent
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Friday, December 23, 1864.
Could & windy
shod Lieut Holmes's forad.
not much goin on nuse came into camp that Gen Sherman had taken Servanor
Saturday 24
Clear & could
Changed quarters
nothing goin on worth note a man in Battery C & I stabed the quartermaster
Sunday 25
Fine & cule
Full mounted inspection. Hardy of the 10 Vermont came to see me. the Capt gave us a whiskey punch. had a leter from home
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Monday, December 26, 1864.
Cloudy & rainy hevy firing to the right
Wrote a letr home.
had fulling scrap with Sarg Toussand
Tuesday 27
Cloudy & foggey
Shod a few horses & made a pair of rings for a Bridel
Charles Chase put on the spair wheal for holering hard tack
Wednesday 28
Cloudy & foggey
Made a pair of weedegs & a knife for the officers nothing to eat but coffie
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Thursday, December 29 1864.
Cloudy & could with some snow. wrote a leter to NY for [picture] & a paper. Not much goin on
Friday 30
Cleer & could
recived a leter from home worke on some books for the children
Saturday 31
Raney & glumey all day
Mustard in for two months pay wrote a leter home
began to move just at night
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Memoranda.
Nov 9th 1863. B.S.
A snow squarl in Va.
Wm Hemenway &c
N. J. 5th Corps 1st Div
18th Mass Regt
[?] Wiliand H Wade
4th Dt. Mass. V.O.
Long Island Boston harbor
Mass
1863 Started on a march thanksgiving morning & crosed the Raperdan River. the Battery stoped in the woods all night
Hard tack & coffee for Thanksgiving supper
the pice of a turtle shell on my watch chane I picked up in
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the Battle field of the poe whare Gen [?] mad the grate charge
Georg Barlet 25 Mass
Co D. Wocester Co
1st Brigade 2nd Div 58 Miss
Alonzo
Reg Co. A
Swett in the Band of the 58 Mass Rig
first Brigade 2nd Div 9 A Corps
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Sept 19
Tobaco that I let the Boys have
$ ct
H B Oliver 1.50
J L W They 1.50
Georg Day 1.50
D Stowell 1.50
C Brase 1.50
Frank Mins 1.50
B J Hooper 1.50
Wm Lemons 1.50
Wm Haring 1.50
A D Bacon 1.50
Isack Browes 1.50
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July 18th left a watch to the 3 N.J. Battery to be repair
Nellie M Cobb
North Leeds
M.E.
Waltham Watch
1st Aplton & Trasey
2nd Bachldor
3 Ellery's
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5
Lent money
$ ct
Aug 8th J Sulham paid 5.00
Aug 9th G Putman paid 2.00
Aug 13th A. Bright paid 1.70
Aug 17th Lieut Granger paid 20.00
Aug 17th G Putman paid 5.00
Aug 17th J Goodwin 5.00
Aug 17th E J Wilson 1.00
Oct 1st Fales 2.00
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6 Butler in Peaters Burg
17th Payd by the Gov 6.00
26 31.00
Stephens Burge
1st A boy by the name of Mulet shot with a shell & died in two hours. Gus White wounded in the leg
2nd did not drive us the old troops say that the fight yesturday was the bigest & hardest of the war.
a good smart shour just at night
3rd started out of camp at 5 Oclock the Battery went into line of Battle left
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7
us clost to Armey head quarters, 13 pices of Artilery & 6,000 prisnors taken the hevest fighting evr known
10 pices of Artilery that belong to the rebs that wee cant get & the Rebs cant get betwen the lines
4th thair was a order red on a line that wee captured 8000 prisnors & 18 guns in all. went into park for the night mud hub deep. the Rebs charged our brestworks three times & they was drove back.
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8
5 niger a niger. a white man is not so good as a niger in the armey. layed in park till ½ past 3 in the afternoon then went up on the right of the line & went into line partishion. it has ben rany all day but looks like as if it would be fair tomorow.
p. 6 wrote a letr to send home
part 7 at Spotsylvania Court House the guns went off to guard a house it the it is the first rest wee have had for 13 days
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Armey Head quarters near Spotsylvania Court House 9
& wee had to work on the Ambelance out of the time.
Part 8 the reserve Artilery has ben brok up
sent a leter home by Lieut Rolins
Part 9 Moved back to the left & went into park with the Brigade for a wrest I think. began to rain about 4 Oclock. Shod Lieut Adamss hors forad.
Part 10 Moved camp no fighting as far as wee know hear heavy guns on the rite of the line good way off it is Cavelery I think
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10
began to rain a litle but I think nothing more than a shour had orders to harnis up as quick as posibl the grilers atacked the train
Part 11 then it was on hitch & on harnis
have orders to be redy to march 11 Oclock no one knows whare recived two leters from home & one from A. Bennett & answred them both
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11
aftr noon near the Milford Station just ovr the rivr Ny the Cavelry took 70 prisnors (Rebs)
Part 12 yesturday no fighting to speak of all day the armey all camp up
Part 13 one [?] about one inch long.
marched from 8 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon reached some place near Harris junction & had a smart fight went in to park about [?] Oclock Gave the
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*our Battery blowed up a limb of a pice for the Rebs
leter that A. J. Bennett wrote me to a felow to give to Alonzo Finch 58th Mass Rigt*
Part 14 the Battery crosed the bridge in the after noon & the forge crosed tel the morning
Part 15 the story is that the Rebs twice fell back
Part 16 & went into line of battle & stade all night the Rebs in forse just beyond WiliamsVille
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Part 17 lost 2 horses yesturday the most ded horses on the road I ever saw. layed in line of Battel all night
Part 18 recived a letr from home
H. O. Barnes was kiled with a explosive ball by a sharp shooter considerable fighting just at dark
[sideways]
near the H. Court House
Part 19 ground all day the firing stoped at dark
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Part 20 The Rebs tryed to brake our lines the holl length but did not make out
Part 21 reinforced the armey of the Potomack
Part 22 the Rebs made a charge to
got repulsed
Part 23 C Woods & the other Boys came up from the W. House with a shell
Part 24 but did not make out our loss
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was very small
Part 25 a few shell came over just at night
Part 26 for 8 hours & our boys swaped hard tack for tobacco with the Rebs & thay agread not to shoot if the other would not
Part 27 saw L Thayer yesturday he is in the 11 Mass Battery
Part 28 Gen Handcock made a charge & drove the Rebs 1¼ mild
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Killed & wounded at the Battle of Reams Station
[faded]
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Page 100
Aug the 25 Battle of Reams Station list of men kiled wounded & taken Prisnors.
Georg N. Deveraux K
Charles Mason K
John Goodwin in our hands W
Wiliam Starwether in our hands W
Henry Ewell in our hands W
Hary Foster in our hands W
O P Brown in our hands W
Simian Adams W P
Beorg K Putman W P
Stedson W P
T G Redfield P
William Enducut P
Oscar Gliton P
John Milet P
John P Brown P
(Sarg) D B Parker P
Charles Green P
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James Baley P
Dick Marting P
William Roson P
Thomas Cusick P
(Corp) Frank Howes P
Corp) Jesey Smith P
Charles Tompson W P
Alvin Tompson P
Frank Macumber P
James K P
B J Hooper in our hands W
John Mugford P
Clothing that I drawed
one Blous 3.25
" pair of Boots 3.50
" shirt 1.57
2 pair socks .70
one Shelter 2.11
" Ruber Blanket 2.00
2 pr Drawers 1.90
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Acount at
Sutlers
Butter 3.50
Cheas .75
Cakes 1.00
Milk .80
Candels .50
Cakes 1.00
sardeans
Milk .75
aples .50
osters
pairs
Tomatos
Peaches
potatoes .50
Butter 1.60
peaches 1.00
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Money that Hunt let me have
Sent me
Sent me
Money that I spent for my self to the sutlers
figs 1.55
[?] 1.50
milk 1.30
aples 5.50
tobaco 3.00
rasperries 1.75
1.75
Raisons 1.00
Peaches 2.75
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Hunt spent to the Sutlers
potatos 1.00
Cheas .50
Cakes .25
Matches .25
Aples .25
for Pants 4.15
for Socks .70
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Oct 27th 1864
the Battel of Hatches Run our loss
Lieut Smith kiled
Killed. Lieut
Granger mortly wounded & afterwards died
Atkson kiled
Bilings wounded
Fariel wounded
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The Countys that wee pased through
the first Culpeper C
Orange "
Spotsylvania "
Carolina "
King William "
Hanover "
New Kent
Charles City
Prince Georg
Chestr field
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Butler is in Chesterfield County
Relicks on my watch chain & the Countys that I picked them up in the Turtle shell in Spotsylvania the hart in Charles City the dimond in Prince George
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[figures] B.M. at Stearns Burg
35.00 B.M.
50.00 in front of Peters Burg
$85.00
in front of
[sideways]
Near Petersburg
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Boxford Mass
Sept 1862
Mustered
Service
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Wilam
4dt Mass Vol
long Island
Mustered into the US Service at Boxford Mass
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- (5176) [writer] ~ Fisher, Alvan Bennett
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Alvan B. Fisher Diary, 1864, DL0988, Nau Collection
