George Day Diary
[printed dates in brackets following war entries]
August 31st 1863
From L P Babb. From C P McIntire. From G. W Shapley.
Sept. 1st To L P Babb
" 2nd To G W Shapley
" " To C P McIntire
" 3rd To Jane M Day
" " To Mittie Day
" 15th From Jane M Day
" 16th To Jane M Day
Oct. 5th I cormenced work
" 7th From C P McIntire
Oct. 11th From Jane M Day
" 12th From Elvira Bic
" 13th From To Jane M Day
" " To Elvira Bickford
" 14th To Jonas Day
" 16th I cormenced in the
" dineingroom
Nov. 1st From C F Day
" 5th From Jonas Day
" " From G W Shapley
" 9th To Frank Day
" 11th To Jonas Day
" " From Mira Day
Nov. 13th To G W Shapley
" 15th To C P McIntire
Boots
" 16th From Jane M Day
" 17th To Almira & J Day
" 30th I went to Newbern
Dec. 3rd From C. P. McIntire
" 4th To Hannah ann Day
" 7th I Lent Wistler $5.00
Necklace $3.00
" 8th I Lend Gray $5.00
" 10th From L. P. Babb
" 11th To Leonard P Babb
" 17th From Jonas Day
" 22nd To Jonas Day
Dec. 23rd From Jane M Day
" " From G W Shapley
" 28th To Jane M Day
" " To G W Shapley
January 1st 1865
From Almira Day
One Letter
From Elvira Bickford
One Letter
To Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Almira Day
One letter
To John Curtis
One letter
From George Shapley
One letter
From Lizzie Day
One letter
From Frankey Day
One letter
To Elizabeth Day
One letter
To George W Shapley
One letter
To C F Day
One letter
From Jane M day
One letter
To Jane M Day
One letter
Great excitement Newport
attacted by the rebs
& also Newbern & they made
calculations to have
them come to see them
in Beaufort I was [faded] [2 Jan 1864]
From Uncle John
One letter
From Leonard P Babb
One letter
From Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Elvira Bickford
One letter
To L P Babb
One letter
To John Curtis
One letter
From Mira Day
One letter
I went into the sixth
Div sick [23 Feb 1864]
From Jane M Day
One letter
I came out of the
sixth Div for duty
rumers of the rebs
comeing again to
attact Newbern
the weather windy but pleas
ant [1 Mar 1864]
To Almira Day
One letter
To Jane M Day
One letter
From James Smith
One letter
To James W Smith
One letter
From Elvira Bickford
One letter
I cormenced work in
the kitchen [9 Mar 1864]
To Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Jonas Day
One letter
The furlow men
started for home [19 Mar 1864]
From Jane Mira & Hit
" Jonas Day
" L P Babb
One letter
To Jonas Day
One letter
To Mittie Day
One letter
To L P Babb
One letter
To Jane M Day
One letter
To Almira Day
One letter
From Hannah A Day
one letter
From Jonas Day
One letter
To Hannah Ann Day
One letter
From Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Jonas Day
One letter
To Elvira Bickford
One letter
380 wimen & children
From little Washington [28 Apr 1864]
From Mira Day
One letter
From Mittie Day
One letter
From L P Babb
One letter
From Jonas Day
One letter
From Jane M Day
One letter
From Lizzy Day
One letter
From L P Babb
One letter
To Almira Day
One letter
To L P Babb
One letter
From Mira Day
One letter
From Jonas Day
One letter
To Mittie Day
One letter
From Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Elvira Bickford
To Elizabeth Day
One letter
From L P Babb
One letter
From Jane M Day
One letter
To L P Babb
One letter
To Jane M Day
One letter
To George W Shapley
One letter
From Elvira Bickford
One letter
From Mira Day
One letter
From Jonas Day
One letter
From L P Babb
One letter
From H A Day
One letter
To Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Jonas Day
One letter
From George W Shapley
From John Curtis
To Almira Day
One letter
To L P Babb
One letter
From Mittie Day
One letter
To George W Shapley
One letter
To Hannah A Day
One letter
To Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Mittie Day
One letter
I started from Beaufort
Saturday July 16th 1864
I started from
Newbern Tuesday eve [19 July 1864]
I arrived at Ft Monroe
Thursday morn [21 July 1864]
I started from Ft Monroe
Fryday morning
10¼ Oclock Arrived at
Deep Bottom at
10½ Oclock in the eve [22 July 1864]
From Jane M Day
One letter
To Jane M Day
One letter
I was on camp gard
For the first time [25 July 1864]
Off gard this morning [28 July 1864]
On fatigue to night [29 July 1864]
Off this morning
On picket to night
From Vira Bickford
I laid back on rezerve [30 July 1864]
Off Picket to night [31 July 1864]
To Elvira Bickford
One letter
To Jane M Day
One letter
On picket to night [1 Aug 1864]
From Jane M Day
One letter
Off picket to night [2 Aug 1864]
To Jonas Day
One letter
To John Curtis
One letter
We layed in the Ridan [4 Aug 1864]
Off this morning
We layed in the Ridan [5 Aug 1864]
Off this morning [6 Aug 1864]
To Randolph Nast
One letter
On picket to night [7 Aug 1864]
They shot a man
to day at 4 oclock P.M.
Off Picket to night [8 Aug 1864]
Drill & Dresperade for the first
We layed in the Ridan [9Aug 1864]
On picket I on videt [10 Aug 1864]
Off picket to night [11 Aug 1864]
From George W Shapley
One letter
To George W Shapley
One letter
The shells flying over our
Picket line
On picket to night [13 Aug 1864]
Advanced on the Rebs
& took there picket line
& advanced to the field under
fire all day killed & wounded
in 11 Regt 50
Captured 6 field pieces & two
morters [14 Aug 1864]
Me on rezerve to day [15 Aug 1864]
Fighting all day
Charged on there works
& took them then got
drove back Up all night
throwing up brest works [16 Aug 1864]
Throwing up breast
works & laying in them
all day & night [17 Aug 1864]
Laying in the brest
works all day the rebs
made a charge on us just
before sunset but did not
start us an inch we fell
back that night [18 Aug 1864]
From Jonas Day one letter
We were throwing up
brest works back in the
rear. rainy all night [19 Aug 1864]
we layed back in the rear
we fell back to the river
stoped there that night [20 Aug 1864]
This morning we crossed
the river this morning
& a jolly crew wer
we [21 Aug 1864]
From Warren Brown one letter
To Warren Brown O letter
in camp all day [22 Aug 1864]
in camp all day [23 Aug 1864]
To Jonas Day one letter
On picket to day
& on rezerve [24 Aug 1864]
We came off picket
this morning in camp
& under marching orders [26 Aug 1864]
To H V D Van Nast
We started from Deep
Bottom at 4 Oclock in
the afternoon marched most
all night we layed down
a few hours in the rain
& wet [26 Aug 1864]
we arrived here this
morning in front of
Petersburgh continuel
fireing day & night
we lay in the trench [27 Aug 1864]
Off picket this morning [28 Aug 1864]
Marched a part of the night
From Mira Day O letter
On fatig to day [29 Aug 1864]
On fatig to day [30 Aug 1864]
To Almira Day One letter
On picket this morn [31 Aug 1864]
On rezerve picket
to day [1 Sep 1864]
On rezerve picket to day [2 Sep 1864]
In camp to day
I have bin out to
see a man
hung by the neck [3 Sep 1864]
From Jonas Day
One letter
To Jonas day One letter
In camp to day [4 Sep 1864]
Cormenced shelling
last night at 11 Oclock
On rezerve picket to day
On out side picket
to night [5 Sep 1864]
On out side picket to day
arived on picket &
came back & layed in
the brest works all
night [6 Sep 1864]
Marched into camp this
morning. Out on
fatig this afternoon
we lay in the rifle
pits to night [7 Sep 1864]
From George Shapley O letter
" H V D VanNast
" Rudolph Nast
lying in the trenches
to day in camp to
night [8 Sep 1864]
On fatig to day
in camp to night [9 Sep 1864]
From Jane M Day
To George W Shapley
One letter
in camp to day
To Jane M Day O letter
On picket to night [10 Sep 1864]
On picket to night day
A man shot on picket [11 Sep 1864]
On rezerve picket to day
back in the mane works
a coperal of Co D. shot [12 Sep 1864]
On rezerve picket to
day
returned to camp to night
[13 Sep 1864]
From Mira Day O letter
On fatig to day
heavy firing for 1½
hours [14 Sep 1864]
To Almira Day One letter
In camp to day inspection
this morning [15 Sep 1864]
To Jonas Day one letter
On picket to night
Our sargant shot dead
last night while relieveing
the pickets
We ralived from
picket to night [16 Sep 1864]
On rezerve to day [17 Sep 1864]
From Mrs Welch
In the first line of works
On rezerve in camp
to night [18 Sep 1864]
In camp to day [19 Sep 1864]
On fatig to day
On camp gard to night [20 Sep 1864]
On camp gard to day
at the Combercery [21 Sep 1864]
In camp to day
On gard at head quarters
to night [22 Sep 1864]
From Hannah Ann Day
One letter
To Hannah ann Day O letter
To L A Chamberlin One letter
In camp to day
On gard to night at head
quarters [23 Sep 1864]
On fatig to day
Under marching orders [24 Sep 1864]
We march to night
Struck tents & started
at 12 Oclock last night
halt a cupple of hours &
stacked armes for the night
piched tints for a few days [25 Sep 1864]
In camp to day
Drilling to day [26 Sep 1864]
In camp to day
On battalion drill
with nap sacks [27 Sep 1864]
From Jonas Day
From Mittie Day
To Mittie Day O letter
under marching orders
marched at 3 Oclock
in the afternoon
marched to Deep Bottom
marched most all night [28 Sep 1864]
Arrived here at deep
bottom last night at
about 2 Oclock
We advanced on [?]
to the rebs works
then by the left flank
we marched toward richmond
at sunset we are
within 3 miles of richmond [29 Sep 1864]
We turned the rebs works &
laid behind them all day
within 5 miles of the Richmond [30 Sep 1864]
From Jane M Day O letter
We layed behind the brest
works works all day rainy
in the afternoon & night very
wet & muddy
Promoted to Copperal [1 Oct 1864]
On picket to day [2 Oct 1864]
From Mira Day O letter
From Warren Brown O letter
Off picket this morning [3 Oct 1864]
In camp all day [4 Oct 1864]
To Jane M Day
From George W Shapley
One letter
On fatig to day [5 Oct 1864]
In camp to day [6 Oct 1864]
The rebs attacted us on the
rite & we packed up &
moved to the rite to protect
the rite flank they came on
to us & we drove them back
with heavy loss on there side
slite on ours. on picket to night
killed 4 wounded 14 [7 Oct 1864]
We layed back quiet
all day [8 Oct 1864]
Expected an attact this
morning Throwing up
brest works & geting ready
for the Johneys but they
no come. we piched tents
to day frost last
night [9 Oct 1864]
quiet this morning
On fatig to day [10 Oct 1864]
To George W Shapley
One letter
In camp to day [11 Oct 1864]
Inspection to day
in camp to day [12 Oct 1864]
Out on a reacornoiter
to day under fire all
day fell back just
before sun set & came
into camp lost killed & wounded 13
[13 Oct 1864]
In camp to day [14 Oct 1864]
From Jane M Day
From Mira Day
One letter
In camp all day [16 Oct 1864]
In camp to day
On picket to night
I was over to the 158 NY
to see them [17 Oct 1864]
On picket to day
moved our camp back
a little all quiet up to
this time 3 Oclock PM [18 Oct 1864]
On fatig to day [19 Oct 1864]
On fatig to day
We signed the pay roll [20 Oct 1864]
In camp to day
I received my box today [21 Oct 1864]
On fatig to day [22 Oct 1864]
From Almira Day
One letter
In camp to day
Got paid off to day [23 Oct 1864]
To Jonas Day
To Jane M Day
To Almira Day
I sold my watch for 550
On fatig to day [24 Oct 1864]
In camp to day [25 Oct 1864]
On fatig to day
under marching orders [26 Oct 1864]
left camp this morning
at 4 Oclock layed in
line of battle all day
& night the night being
rainy & cold [27 Oct 1864]
To Jane M Day & Almira Day
This morning is fine
we lay in the same
pozition fell back
this afternoon & went
into camp [28 Oct 1864]
This is a fine morning
it all is quiet
in the afternoon
we went on picket
line that they took from
the cavelry
Sargt Brady wounded [29 Oct 1864]
Building a tent for
Brady [30 Oct 1864]
From George W Shapley
In camp to day [31 Oct 1864]
In camp to day [1 Nov 1864]
In camp to day The old
men started this morning
for home. it rains this
afternoon [2 Nov 1864]
Heavy marching order
struck tents this morning
at 2 Oclock marched to
Deep Bottom there we
imbarked in the afternoon
Started at midnight for fort
monroe [3 Nov 1864]
I on gard
arrived at ft monroe
at 1 Oclock this afternoon
shifted boats & started
at 5 Oclock for
New York [4 Nov 1864]
Arrived at New York
this morning at 4 Oclock
Landed at fort Richmond
at 2 Oclock at night [6 Nov 1864]
Moved into the fort this
morning out of the rain [7 Nov 1864]
To Jonas D One letter
To Jane M Day
To George W Shapley
went a bord of a boat in
lite marching order at 9 Oclock
layed in the stream all night [7 Nov 1864]
run down to the city this
morning stoped abord all day
& all night rainy [8 Nov 1864]
a bord all day & night
rainy [9 Nov 1864]
a bord all day & night [10 Nov 1864]
a bord to day
Magor Baldwin came to the
regiment To Jane O
returned to the fort at
sundown [11 Nov 1864]
In the fort all day [12 Nov 1864]
In the fort all day
I went to see the dr [13 Nov 1864]
Under marching orders
Imbarked at noon
for Fort Monroe On
the boat South point
Started for Ft Monroe
at dark [14 Nov 1864]
arrived at Ft. Monroe
this morning
& continue up the
river to deep bottom
arrived at deep bottom
at 4 Oclock stopped
there all night [16 Nov 1864]
came a shore this morning
marched up to the front
piched tents
210 recruits here waiting
our arrival [17 Nov 1864]
From Mit Mira & Jonas Day
From Jane M Day
Moved our tents a little [18 Nov 1864]
rainy to night
On gard to day camp
rainy all day [19 Nov 1864]
Off gard this morning
& it is still raining [20 Nov 1864]
Rainy
To Jane M Day O letter
rainy
fixing my tent [23 Nov 1864]
I was fixing my tent [24 Nov 1864]
From Hannah A Day
fixing my tent
We drawed cloths to day [25 Nov 1864]
On fatig to day
Thanksgiveing dinner [26 Nov 1864]
On Picket to night
On picket to day [27 Nov 1864]
Off Picket to night
In camp to day [28 Nov 1864]
On Drill to day [29 Nov 1864]
From Jane M Day
On fatig to day
Over to the 8 Maine [30 Nov 1864]
On drill to day [1 Dec 1864]
On fatig to day [2 Dec 1864]
To work on the street [3 Dec 1864]
On inspection this morning [4 Dec 1864]
To Hannah A Day
To Jane M Day
To work round camp [5 Dec 1864]
From Jane M Day O letter
Round camp all day [6 Dec 1864]
To Mittie Day One letter
Under lite marching order
this morning at five
Oclock, the order countermanded
[7 Dec 1864]
To George W. Shapley
On camp gard to day [8 Dec 1864]
Off camp gard this morning
& in camp all day [9 Dec 1864]
The ground coverd with
an inch of snow
The Jonys atacted our
picket line [10 Dec 1864]
To George Ford One letter
deployed behind the
brest works, returned
to camp about noon [11 Dec 1864]
Very cold wind this morning
in camp to day [12 Dec 1864]
in camp to day [13 Dec 1864]
On camp gard to day [14 Dec 1864]
Off camp gard this
morning [15 Dec 1864]
Inspection to day [16 Dec 1864]
On picket this morning [17 Dec 1864]
Off picket this morning [18 Dec 1864]
From Almira Day
On battalion drill to
day [19 Dec 1864]
On fatig to day [20 Dec 1864]
Out to see five
men shot for
disertion [21 Dec 1864]
From Jane M day
On picket this morning [22 Dec 1864]
To Jane M Day One letter
Off Picket this morning [23 Dec 1864]
On review this afternoon [24 Dec 1864]
From George W Shapley
To George W Shapley
On fatig to day [27 Dec 1864]
In camp to day
Drill in the forenoon [28 Dec 1864]
From G W Ford
From Almira & Elizabeth Day
On Picket this morning
a little snow storm to day [31 Dec 1864]
Memoranda
January 1st 1865
Jan 1st Off picket this morning
2 On drill all day
3 On drill to day
" To John Curtis Jr.
4 To Mira Day One letter
" On drill all day
" Babb went to the Hosp
5 To Lizie Day One letter
" On fatig to day
6 In camp to day rainy
7 On camp gard to day
" Two men shot to day
S8 Off camp gard this morn
" From L P Babb One letter
9 To L P Babb One letter
" Drill all day
" Turned out at about 10 Oclock at night for a little
Picket shot
10 All quiet this morning
" quite rainy this morning
January
11 To George W Ford O let
" On drill this afternoon
12 On fatig at Core head qrs
13 On drill all day
14 drill in the fournoon
S15 Inspection in the morning
" I was over to the 7th maine
" with Frank Mason
16 Monthly inspection this morning
17 Genl inspection
18 On picket to day
" From Jane M Day
" My gloves came to day
19 Off picket this morning
" On drill in the afternoon
20 Luging timber for Gaurd
" house in the AM
" washed my cloths in the PM
21 rainy all day very hard
January
S22 Inspection this morning
" To Jane M Day O letter
" To Jonas Day One letter
23 rainy all day I in camp
24 Turned out this morning
" for a little picket fireing
" From John Curtis
" From L P Babb
25 I on camp gard to day
" under lite marching order
" & two days rations
26 Off camp gard this morning
27 On Perlece this morning
28 On drill in the fore noon
29 Inspection in the afternoon
30 To work on the Cooks chimney
31 On picket to day
February 1st
1st Off picket this morning
February 2nd
2 From Almira Day
" On drill all day
" To L P Babb
3 On fatig at core hd qr
" From George W Shapley
4 In camp to day No drill to day
" To George W Shapley
S5 Co. inspection in the morning
" regimental inspection at 3 in
" the afternoon
" From Jonas Day
6 To Almira Day
" On drill all day
7 On picket to day
" stormy all day clear at night
8 On picket this morning
" Inspection in the P.M.
" Promoted to Sargant
February
9 On drill all day
" Drawed Clothing
10 From Jane M Day
" From Warren Brown
" drill to day
11 Monthly inspection
S12 To Jonas Day One letter
" To Jane M Day
" inspection this afternoon
13 Battalion Drill in afternoon
" quite cold
14 Company drill &
" From C P McIntire
" Batalion drill PM
15 On Sargt the picket
16 Off picket this morning
" From L P Babb
" & in camp all day
February
17 inspection in the morning
" in camp the rest of the day
18 Regimental inspection
" Two men hung
S19 regimental inspection
" weather very pleasant
" To L P Babb One letter
20 To work on a Co. house
The weather being very fine
21 On picket to day pleasant
" The fall of Charles town
22 Off picket this morning
" weather pleasant
" Company inspection
23 In camp to day rainy
24 In camp to day pleasant
" From George W Shapley
" From Mittie Day
" Out to see a man shot
" The fall of Wilmington
" Under marching orders
25 In camp all day
" rainy about all day
" To George W Shapley
S26 On regimental inspection
" From Almira Day
27 In camp all day
28 In camp all day
" To Almira Day
" To Mittie Day
" To Warren Brown
March 1st 1865
1 Drill in the morning
" Co Inspection in the afternoon
2 From Jane M Day
" To C P McIntire
" in camp all day
3 Company drill in the AM
" Genl review the PM
4 On fatig to day
March 1865
S5 regimental inspection
6 Company Drill AM
" Battalion Drill PM
" To John Curtis
7 Div review
" To Jane M Day
8 Regimental inspection
" rainy all day
9 excused for 2 weeks
" weather warm & fine
" drill all day
10 From Warren Brown
" rainy to day
11 Drill all day
" A man shot in the PM
S12 regimental inspection
" From Jonas Day One letter
" From Almira Day
" From James Smith
" Reviewed by Genl Grant
March 1865
13 I received my taps today
" Drill all day To J Smith
14 Drill in the forenoon
15 Co inspection
16 Monthly inspection signed the PB
" To Almira Day one letter
17 On gard camp to day
" Core review
18 Off camp gard this morning
" From Mittie Day
" To Mittie Day One letter
S19 On inspection this afternoon
20 Paying off all day
" Under marching orders
21 Preparing to march at 8 Ocl
" To Hannah ann Day 50.00
D Straten L Judkins 2.00
One Blanket wool
C F Morril
[?] One pair of boots 3.00
Sherman One dress coat 4.00
Plane F Dunifer
One pair of boots 4.00
D Straten J Tucker
One coat 3.50
D D Spraig
[?] One coat 4.00
T J Getchel
Rollins One coat 4.00
Corlan
Bryant One pair pants 1.50
George Watson
[?] One pair of gloves .75
Two shirts 1.00
J Keen
[?] One vest .75
One cumforter .75
C Harington
Butler One coat 4.00
1 Pair Shoes 2.50
1 Pair Pants 2.65
1 " Drawers
1 " Socks
1 " Pants
1 " Drawers
1 " Socks
1 Blows
W Bryant
3 pieces of cloths
2 " " "
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3603) | DL1270 | Diaries |
Diary of George Day, 11th Maine Infantry, 1863 - 1864
Tags: Artillery, Boredom, Camp/Lodging, Clothing, Death (Military), Drilling, Executions, Fighting, Fortifications, Guard/Sentry Duty, Mail, Marching, Money, Picket Duty, Siege of Petersburg, Thanksgiving, Weather
People - Records: 1
- (5294) [writer] ~ Day, George
SOURCES
George Day Diary, DL1270, Nau Collection
