Thomas M. Ireton Diary
Thomas. M. Ireton
89th Regt Com F OVI
U.S.A.
Laurel Clearmont
Co Ohio
Co F 89th O.V.I. 3 Brig 4 Div
14th AC Rosencrans Army
Jan the 28th 1863
We got to Cincinnati at 4 oclock ankerd out in the river not allowed to go to the citty
1863
Jan the 29th
This morning finds us at 30 miles below Cincinnati we past Matison half past 11 oclock morn we landed the fleet on an Isleland above Louisvill opposite Jefersonvill Ind
1863
Jan the 30th
This morning the fleet is liing at the 2 stand above Louisvill we drew our money yesterday
our fleet moved down below the falls about 4 miles to Portland here we joind annother fleet of tenn boats and expect more before we leave here
Jan the 31st
To day we are laying at the warfe at Portland Ky the 89th got new gunns they are Springfield Rifles the Soldiers have a hard great time to night whiskey a board
Portland is a nice place The fleet started from here this eavning at twelve oclock
Feb the 1st/63
This morning I waked up found my self self moving down the river we landed at Connelton Indiania at 12 here the fleet took on coal this is a nice plaice there is a large cottin factry here
Feb the 2nd 1863
This morning still at Conelton Ing Ind I went up to the Cotton factory I was interrested there was about 300 girles and 150 boys
we started from there at one oclock got to Evensville Ind at 9 oclock night only 15 minits then on down we had some good singing
Sung of home it maid me think of home and its charmes it is verry cold and snowing
1863
Feb the 3
This
morning finds us entering the mouth of the Cumberlin River about daylight. this river puts me in mind of the Knawha
we have 5 Gunn Boats with us before we got
to Fort Donelson we heard that they wer fighting there
we arived there at 10 oclock they fighting had ceast we came up with our fleet and the gunn boats they found out where the Rebles lay so we commence throwing shells in among them the fleet landed at the fort I went to bead
Feb the 4th 1863
This morning I found that the fleet had moved up about a two miles a little above Dover we found out that there had bin quite a battle our loss was 15 killed and 60 wonded there was 150 ove the Rebles left dead on the field and some wonded took 40 prisners
the Rebs loss is about 300
Feb the 5th 1863
This morning Com F was sent out on Picket the snow was 4 inch deep and a verry cold day
found some more Rebles killed the No killed amount to now all togather is 250 our Gun Boats don good work
Feb the 6th
the fleet started this morning at 10 oclock
the river seames like it was filled with boats it is a nice site we moved slow and verry cautious we got to the memphes and Boldengreen RR at 1 oclock
Feb the 7th 1863
This morning finds us moving up the Cumberland River we past Clarksville last knight at 1 oclock that is where the RR croses the river this morning we are 40 miles from Nashvill now about 25 mi below Nashvill ther is a Rock at the ege of the of the river 300 or 400 ft high birds have there nest in it we got at Nashvill at 4 oclock eavning
Feb the 8th 1863
To day is Sunday
Sunday we are liing at the warfe Nashville Tenise there seames to be a great deal ove excitement
I saw some ove my friends Soldiers to day Nashvill dose not make a good appearance on the river there is some nice mansions back from the river on the RR that leads to Mofforbourough there is a nice contry
Feb the 9th 1863
This morning orders came for us to march this was the 17 day that I have bin on the river we marched 3 miles South off Nashville on the Mofforsbourgh Franklin RR we are in a nice camp in a woods paster the day is cloudy but warm
Feb the 10th 1863
last knight we had a little rain. to day it raned a little I walk around out side off the camp up on a little raise I never looked on a finer contry I found a famly grave yard I read the enscriptions on the stones there was off the Tompson famly
the Boys have fine times catching squirles
Feb the 11th 1863
this morning is a fine morning it looks like spring morning
I took a walk out from camp the Birds sang so swetly as thoe there was no war I looked around and could sea camp for miles around
Com F shot there new guns off at a mark they don frustrate I beat the Col Hatfield
to day was appointed for wash day
Feb the 12th
This morning the wind is blowing but verry pleasant
it commence raining about 8 oclock
Shourers all day
I am in my tent reading
to day we had orders to have role cal
Feb the 13th 1863
This morning is a fine morning it looks like a May day we done some big drilling
It is sutch a pretty day a Soldier can appresiate it
Our camp is clost to the Frankfort and Nashvill RR in Tenisee there was a trane went out with a load of work hands to repair the road
Feb the 14th 1863
las night the wind blew tolerable hard this morning commence raining about 9 oclock and rain all day I am in my tent reading to day is valintine day
Feb the 15th
To day is the first Sunday that I have spent on land in tenisee
The fore noon was chilly but in the after noon it was warm and pleasant
last night it rained hard. this morning we had inspection I wrote two letters to day
Feb the 16th 1863
this morning it is cloudy about 10 oclock it commence raining the afternoon it quit raining then we drilled
we are sending our sick to Nashvill
Feb the 17th 1863
last night it rained all night to day is cloudy but pleasant with the exception of the mud
we drill in the after noon we are now under Gen Crooks now he puts us through in drill
the health of the Reg is not verry good Com F cannot muster more than 40 well men our Setler baked soft bread for the Reg to day this eavning
the 89th orders to be ready to march to morrow morning In camp 3 mi south of Nashville
Feb the 18th /63
Last night we had an annother rany nite of night of it this morning still raining we are not making any move to martch the camp is a disagreeable plaice when it rains and espesly when we have no stoves in our tents we have no Hospital tent of any count we send our sick to Nashville
Camp South of Nashville
Feb the 19th 1863
Last eavning the teames for the whole Bregade came
we have got our teames now I expect that we will martch tom tomarrow
it has cleared off and has the appearance of being good weather the health of the Reg is a little better Col Macnary the cesesh Col that was kiled at fort Donelson at the late Battle is to be burried to day near Nashvill the Col has a large
plantation in site of our camp the drummers of the diferant Reg out practiceing what a drumming they make
In camp three mi South of Nashvill
Feb the 20th/63
This morning is verry chilly we drilled all day In the afternoon it was pleasant to day the worst of our sick was sent to Nashvill Hospital
three mi from Nashvill
Feb the 21st/63
This morning cloudy drilled squad drill and Com drill in the fore noon it thundered and rained hard in the after noon evry thing thing is in a float we had hard work to keep the water from runing thrue our tent
I am coald and damp we have no stoves
This eavning orders came for us to be ready to martch to morrow
at 7 oclock to Nashvill and and there to get on a boat
three miles Nashvill 1863
Feb the 22d
This morning the drums beat at 4 oclock to get ready so up we got and for breakfast
we got to Nashvill about 10 oclock then on the boats staid here all day
Nashville 1863
Feb the 23d
This morning still finds us at Nashvill we lay here all day it is hard to tell where we are going at first it was at vixburg then at Louisvill Some say we go up the Cumberlin 200 mi then martch to Cumberlin Gap those are the fliing reports
Nashvill
Feb the 24th/63
Last night the boat crost the river 5 of us boys took a walk out to a little town back ¼ of a mile from the river a nice place it was but the inhabitance we could not sea many of them we also saw great embankments throwed up where the old supntion bridge was or back from there
The fleet started at 1 oclock we had some nice music when we started The Reble prisners that was in the Nashvill Jail clost to the river they would cuss us abilitions so on we went this is an odd river the banks are verry high this is a fine contry nice cenery
The fleet landed at 10 oclock and up for the night
Feb the 25th/63
Last night we had somthing over 100 out on picket they wer cald in about daylight then on we went sailing up the beautiful Cumberland this river does not get any smaller we are up 300 miles we do not know yet where we are going Stopt about 15 miles below Carthage here the fleet took on rails to burn there coal is going
short then on we went this river has nice banks there is no hills the land all seames to be roleing some of the prettiest cedar noles that I ever saw
not many whites to be sean but a great many negroes they would run to the bank wave there hats and aprons it was quite laughable The fleet stoped at 11 oclock to night to lay up for the night
on boat Liberty
Feb the 26th 1863
This morning finds us tied up by the side of a corn field
Started from there about 6 oclock
This morning we came to a crook in the river ran in an east corst and then almost a west
I saw some high rocks strait soar up from the water ege had the apearance of being large caves in them
Feb the 27th 1863
This morning all rite we have had a day or to of rain this morning nice and clear and pleasant we hear this morning we hear that the rebs has bin here there was 100 past through day before yesterday
we heare that they are still presing in the citizens we are unloading the boats
Our Regt march out about a mile and then staked our tents
Feb the 28th 1863
I was detaled to go on picket last night
This morning it is cloudy and sprinkles a little This morning too or three other Reg came of the and are encamping clost to us to camp
to day is cool
writing letters to day
Martch the 1st/63
To day is Sunday
we had a storm last night whitch woke me verry suden sudenly by blowing our tent down here we had to get up in the rain and stake it down
I rote a letter to Brother Riley to day is verry pleasant Seams like a May day there was a gunn boat came up last night and brought our male
Carthag Ten
Mar the 2d/63
This morning cleard off and pleasant
to day is wash day
Jack Simmons went to the Hospital
This eavning our pickets saw about 25 Reble Cavalry they fired at them and the rebs ran scedaddel
Mar the 3d
Carthage Ten
This morning is cool and cloudy
writing letters
Carthage Ten
This morning Com F and Co C wer sent on a scout up the Cumberland River on a boat and to bring a barge load of rails we went about 14 miles there we came to a nice larg plantation with a fence 11 rails high we spoilt the looks of this farm we was expectting some dificulty as we went up so we was looking out for brakers we spied a fiew on top of a hill we halted the boat
and here came three conscripts we inquired of them they told us they knew of no soldiers up on the hill but we told them that we saw more than three
So we took those three and made them go with us to the top of the hill So up we went but could not find no Soldiers but about 12 wimman and children after we got our rails we went sailing down the river got at Carthage 7 oclock then to camp
Carthage Ten
March the 5th/63
last night was a coald night I went to the Hospital to sea the sick
Jack Simmons is there he is now better he has bin there three days I feal uneasy about him
The pickets have verry strict orders to shoot all that look sopitoaus and the sentinal to be hid from view there is good many spies passing around camp
Our pickets have bin drove twice
in the last two or three days
General Crooks is looking for an attack
The 11th Ohio went out on a scout yesterday came back to day with 26 prisners that they had captured
Carthage Ten
Mar the 6th 1863
This morning not so cold but cloudy and windey rained a little I am in hopes that we will have warm weather soon for we have now fire in our tents rained hard in the afternoon
Carthage Tenisee
March the 7th/63
Last night had quite a hard rain Thunder storms beet through our tents had to take one of our rubber blanket and throw over our faces rained 3 inch of level water
The pickets had a bad time last night
Carthage Tenn
Mar the 8th/63
This morning I was detaled to go on Picket I was station not far from the river to day is Sunday there was 19 teemes sent a forgaging
three out of a Reg there was 40 of the 11th Ohio went along to gard the train they had not got far from camp say 2 miles
there was 150 Cav dash on to them wonded three and took the train and all them prisners that is a heavy loss to our bregad that is what we have lost by not having a force of Cavalry here at this point there was 4 Com of the 56th Ohio started to there relief
Carthage Tenn
Mar the 9th/63
This morning I am at my post on picket I had some of a time last night soferd with the coald we could not have any fire so I had to jump around to kep warm I thought it a long night I paid 10cts for a piece of corn bread of a citizen It was good altho it had no salt in got back to camp at 10 oclock found three letters for me had come and that 20 of our Com and a part
of several other Co had gone on a boat scouting up the river about 17 miles to get take some ferry boats and to forge
Carthage
Mar the 10th/63
Comence raining last night and still rains this morning
The Boys got back from there scout about 9 oclock this morning they maid a pretty good hall got over 200 bu of corn 200 bu of wheat some other articals Still raining this afternoon
on the South side of the river from Carthage
Mar the 11th/63
This morning clear and coald
we drilled 4 ours to day dress perrade at 4 oclock
The camp became alarm this eavning a report came that the rebs wer in force above 5000 within 6 miles of us Gen Crooks has bin uneasy for several days the Bregade commence this eavning our Regt was orderd to be
ready to go any time through the night and to have our guns all loaded and sleep with our boots on and all of our clothing and to be ready to jump and be in ranks in a minit call
Carthage
Mar the 12th/63
this morning we wake up and found that we was not hert but the movement is still going on our comesarys have
gon acrost the river
we have bin expectting go a crost the river all day but we have not it takes a long time to move a arma acrost a little streem
Carthage Ten
Mar the 13th
Last night we staid here without tents sent evrything over last night and we was to go to we are still here this morning but got orders
to march about 9 oclock to our new camp on the other side of the river by Carthage
on Gen Mccolum Plantation this is a nice place for a capr camp
Carthage Ten
Mar 14th 1863
This is a nice morning has the appearance of good weather
Co F Co E we went along to guard the forging
train we got about 200 bu of corn I wrote a letter home
finished building a brick fireplace and chimley. it does fine to warm the tent
Carthage
Mar the 15th 1863
This is a nice Sunday morning evry thing looks is quiet in camp as thoe there was now war going on this is a deliteful camp Inspecttion at tenn oclock. the Boys had to be cleaned up
W Crofford died last night of Co. B 89th OVI
Buried in the honors of war at 3 oclock
It was a solemn place to be the to hear the muff drums and to sea one of our fellow Soldiers burried far away from home
Carthage Tenn
Mar the 16th/63
This is a fine morning so warm and pleasant nothing suits a Soldier so mutch
as pleasant weather we dread bad weather as bad as we do the bullets almost
all is quiet in camp
we are making good use of the pleasant days drilling
Dress perraid evry eavning
Carthage Ten
Mar 17th 1863
Pleasant day
Gen Crook is confiscateing Gen Colums property has taken several of his fast horses
and good many mules taken all of his corn this old man ones 35,000 acre of land and about 50 Negroes
Martch 18th
Pleasant to day we drill 3 hours a day
Carthage
Mar 19th
Peach trees have bin in bloom a week trees are coming out in leaf
drill and so on
Mar the 20th 1863
Co. F. A. D. I., 89th on bord of the gun boat and Delawra going up the river about 40 miles on a scout to get corn and wheat we arived at the place at 4 oclock. the gunn boat went up to 2 miles after the wheat Co I abord of her we commence taking on corn place out pickets on both side of the river Capt Leeds and 35 of us boys went acrost the river to guard that side about 9 oclock we wer attacted
with about 500 Rebs we retreated to the river and called for the boat to come after us for we would be taken
the boat was some time getting started and by that time the Rebs had formed a line of battle on top of the banks we wer beneath them pasing it to them they past it to them us but they could not hit us. the boat was about the midle of the river the Commander orderd them to fire on the boat they fired sever volies
at the boat the boat got alarmed and put up the river.
Capt Leeds gave orders to retreat up the river only half heard the command so we 15 lay there coincid part of the rebs took around the road to head Capt and the boys
Capt hailed the boat as it came down and got on bord the gunn boat shelled the woods as it came down
Some shell fell clost to us the boat came down to where we was and call to us but thought we wer taken prisners we got abord but
two of our boys was misen we crost the river and slept all night
40 miles above
Carthage
On the Cumberland river
Mar the 21st
Thing seames all quiet this morning we went out on deck and saw our two lost boys on the bank had them and some blankets and lost guns brought over. we spied some rebs on top of a hill acrost the river Cap Brown fired at them
from that the rebs fired about fifty gunns the bullets flew thick around us we gave fore or five volies with a double charge of powder mad them dodge then gunn boat fire several volies at them whitch made them scadadle Started down the river about 10 oclock Shell the woods for 4 miles we done considerable forging going down we got 400 bu of wheat 800 of corn and great deal of poltry got back to camp about 8 oclock
Carthage Mar 22nd
In camp Sunday morning had some fried eggs for breakfast
Gen Crook had all of our poltry taken away from us after we had bought them with our one money that seam hard there was some hiding done they did not find all did not find mine
Preaching at 10 by the chaplin
Mar 23rd
Camp Carthage Tenn. Drilled to day quite pleasant
Camp Carthage
Mar 24th
had Corporial Drill Com drill at 9 oclock till half past 11 at two Bretalion drill Commence raining half past two continued till night
1863
Camp Carthage
Mar 25th
rained all night and part of the fore noon
cleard off but windy I done my washing to day
the boys are halling up wood
this eavning the
36th Ohio and 5 of the 89th went out scouting I expect they do somthing
The 11th Ohio came in from a scout they captured a lot of prisners two piece of cannon a lot of wagons and about 40 horses
1863
Carthage
Mar the 26th
This morning is a very pleasant day drilling to day
Carthage
Mar 27th
this is a fine morning we are entrenching of the
Stropes Caval came to day
Mar 29th 28th
This morning 4 Co went to guard the forging train we went about 6 miles
Carthage Tenn Mar 30th 29th
Sunday morning
I feal a little sore of my martch to day is cool
Mar the 30th 1863
To day is cool this morning detail to for camp guard
Carthage Mar 31st
cool day putting the day in on drill
Apple trees coming out in leaf
Carthage
April 1st
This morning a little cool but pleasant through the day
the boys got back from there forageing expidition up the river got about 1000 bu of corn getting along fine with our entrenching
Carthage
April 2nd 1863
this morning pleasant and warm
the health of the regt is verry good
orders read on dress perrade that that all citizens that wer abel bodied men to in our lines to eather to enlist at some Goverment work
April 3d 1863
Carthage Tenn
this morning is cool and windy
I am detail on camp guard
This eavning 3 regt
and Strokes Cavalry got orders to go on a scout
Started about dark went to the river crost and 8 miles out to Midelton there we campt for the night
Midelton Tenn
April 4th 1863
Feal tired and sore only had two hours of sleep and not being ust to marching
Started on on our march at 7 oclock for Aliczandra here we expect to have a fight as we found out and that a bregade was to
meet us there from Moffarsbourgh to whip Morgan got there at tow oclock. 12 hours to late the other bregade had flust them out Morgan would not stand it was mostly scermishing
Morgan burnt his train and started acrost snow mountain we and that bregad started for Carthage got there about dark we was a tired set of boys with sore feet our march was 30 miles on a rought pike
Carthage Tenn
April 5th 1863
this Sunday morning I feal better I expected to feal.
to day is a nice day
I am riting letters
Carthage Tenn
Cool this morning turned out to be a fine day Cleaning up our quarters and drilling.
Gen Colum is taken prisner and have taken 6 of his Niggars for wators in the army
Carthage Mar April 7th 1863
This is a nice day we are having some fresh pork we captured about 400 head and some beef cattle the other day on a scout. drill
Carthage April 8th
Last eavning at seven oclock receaved orders to for two days rations immeately got on the boat stay till morning then down the river we went the gunn boat with us whitch had 30 prisn
got down about 12 miles our boat got on a sand bar
here we lay all day shoring off
On the Boat Liberty
April 9th
got off this morning about tenn oclock
on we went down the river got to the wood yard at 12 oclock the gun boat went down to Galiton to take those prisners we press in teemes 7 in all to hall the wood to the boat I got a good dinner
At the wood yard 3 miles blow Rome
April 10th/63
This morning go loading the boat the Fisher came down to sea what was the matter that kept us so long load about 10 oclock then started back to camp had a hard time to get through the shoals got to Carthage at 4
Carthage
Ap 11th/63
This morning pleasant. drilled 1½ hours fore noon
Carthage Tenn
Apr 12th/63
Sunday morning first Co inspection then the Chaplin preach at Co B the funral of 3 of that Co then I heard a part of a serment at the 11th Ohio Regt by Chaplin Lile at two oclock had Bregade preaching Chap Lile preach had a good serment then the buriel of one of the 11th then one of the 18th Regt burid also
Carthage April 13th
The 89th 36th 11th Ohio started on a scout after the Rebs. went Rome here we hear that they the other side of Rome about a mile wating for us we huried on but could not find them went back to Rome and camp for the night had a hard time to get water to make coffey had to clime down the rocks to the river
Rome April 14th
This morning got up at three oclock and got our Breakfas
Started about day light on our march for Midelton got there about 9 oclock here we found the Rebs and scurmish about 5 hours found out the Rebs had a piec or two of cannon and a large force of calvary Cavalry one of the 11th Ohio was wonded that Regt came nie being surounded we retreated in good order about 3 miles here we campt for the night a deserter came to our lines Sent orders to Gen Crook to know what
to do he sent two pieces of cannon and two Regt of Infantry
April 15th
3 miles from Carthage
This morning got orders from Crook about 12 oclock for all the forces to fall back to Carthage
we started through the rain and dark mud and so on got acrost the river about 6 oclock and in the camp
we feal quite sleepy and tired Crook got uneasy about the camp heard that there was a
force crosing the river above here
Carthage
Tenn April 16th 1863
This morning is a fine clear off
Trees are out in full leef done a little washing this forenoon drilled in the after noon
Carthage Tenn
April 17th/63
verry warm this morning birds are cherping sounds so pleasant drill to day voted on resilutions to put the war through and crush the rebelion
Charley Lemire a privet in Co H had a sentance past on him for stealing a mason apron and braking the lodge open
the sentance to him is to be march before the Regt 3 times when on dress purraid under guard with the baynt pointing at him and the music to follow him and 6 months pay to be taken from him
Carthage Tenn
April 18th 1863
this is a warm morning this seames like the Suney South drill in the forenoon the after noon to rest
Carthage Tenn Apr 19th 1863
Sunday Inspection at 10 Preaching at half past 10
Carthage Tenn
April 20
Drill to day
April 20th
Pleasant weather
Drill a nice shower
April 21st
Went on picket
2 deserters came to
from the Reble cavalry
April 22nd
Came off of
Picket at ten oclock got orders to have 3 days rations in haversacks to take a scout the 11 Ohio to go with us we started at 4 oclock
for the river found out that we was bound for Alexzandria that is 16 miles out on the Marfbourgh Pike got there at one oclock that night we was to late to get into a fight the forces that was to meet us from Marfbourgh was 16 Regt of Inf 3 Bre of Cavalry 24 pieces of artilerary they scard the Rebs all away only what they caught
Campt for the res of the night
maid rails suffer
Alexzandra
April 23d 1863
This morning we all have soar feet feal like we had hard march of it
This is a nice town has a Collage some nice building
Camp here all day
Alexzandra
April 24th
Got up this morning at 4 oclock got breakfast Started for camp about sunrise got there at one the other forses after after the rebs to day is a verry hot day
Carthage Tenn
April 25th 1863
Sunday Preaching at half past 10
Sunday School half past one Preaching after dress peraid
Carthage
April 26th
This is a nice morning a little rain last eavning. Drill to day
Carthage Tenn
April 27th
a fine day drill
April 28th
Carthage Tenn
April 29th
rain several hard shoures
Carthage
Tenn April 30th
To day we have Grand review of the army at Carthage
Mustard for pay to day
Carthage Tenn
May the 1st
this is a nice morning drill to day
Carthage Tenn
May 2 fine day
drill
May 3d 1863
to day is Sunday had a good rain last night our sick man Gates Dawson is geting well
Sined the pay roles to day had Sunday School half past one going to meeting to night at the 36th Ohio 4 of our boys got back to the regt
Carthage Ten
May 4th/63
drill day and a warm day
Carthage Tenn
May 5th
there was some bush whacking don this morning a crost the river dropt two shells over there and that dried it up
May 6th
had a hard rain to day the Cumberland is on the rise
May 7th/63
To day paid for two months rain all day
May 8th
rains this morning rote a letter home Cumberland rais about 12 ft
Carthage Tenn
May 9th 1863
Got orders to make railes this morning only 4 Com obeyed the call
May 10th 1863
heard this morning that 6 of our oficers wer under arrest
Chaplin started on the boat for home with our money
May 11th/63
This morning on guard at the Comisary with three men
May the 12/63
Came off of guard the spye Smith hung at 4 oclock
Carthage Tenn
May the 13th/63
200 of the 89th went on a scout up the river on the gunn boat about 10 miles had quite a time saw wheat out in head corn big enough to plow captured 13 horses 11 mules 200 bu of wheat and some other notions
May the 14th/63
had a nice rain last night
drill to day
rote a letter home
Carthage Tenn
May 15th/63
a fine day
drill 3 houres
Carthage Tenn
May 16th/63
there seames to be quite an excitement in camp in regard to the newes from Ritchmond the report is that it is oures
Carthage Tenn
May 17th/63
annother Sunday in in camp a fine day
Ritchmond is not oures some of the boys a little discourage in of ever taking Ritchmond
Inspection at 10
dress perraid at 6
Camp Carthage
Tenn May 18th/63
Today the 36th 11th Ohio are turning there tents over and taking the lite shelter tents
May 19th
To day I am out on picket in the out post on the Galenton pike
May 20th
Came off of picket and wrote a letter home
Turned our old tents over and getting shelter tents
Carthage Tenn
May 21st/63
hot weather to drill wrote a letter to John Fee
Carthage Tenn
May 22d/63
O what hot weather John Simmons was sun struck yesterday and is not able for duty to day and will not be able this summer from appearance
May the 23d
Orders of regulation changed drill one hour before breakfast betwen from 8 til 9 then from 4 til 5 dress perad at sundown
the mail as it came from Galiton was captured last eavning killed our mail boys 3 or fore
Cavalman and took 15 prisners our men killed the Reb Capt and two or three others
Carthage Ten
May 24th
This is a nice Sunday morning I am on picket
May 25th
came off of picket the pickets all fired there pieces at a target one of the 11th Ohio best one in the 89th Ohio seckond best
Carthage Ten
May the 26th
this morning at 4 the 89th went on a forageing
expedition about 10 miles on the Gaiton pike had a train of 52 wagons filed them all with corn
Carthage Ten
May 27 feal
a little soar from our march I am resting to day
Carthage Ten
May 28th
Quite a rainy day Alen Windings a member of Co F 89th was buried
this was on the 29
May 29th
had a hard rain last night beat through our tents
quite showerey to day the 36th Ohio went scouting last night came in to day with 27 prisners and 30 horses they had a little scurmish we had one wonded
May the 30th
a rainy day
May 31st
Inspection at 9 Reed preached at half past 6
Camp Carthage
June 1st
Grand review of the Army at Carthage commence at 7 oclock got throw at 11
June 2d/63
Camp Carthage
came of of picket
Carthage
June 3
Got orders to March
Camp Carthage
June 4th/63
March from Carthag at one oclock in the afternoon all of the 2 Bregade left camp near Midelton Ten
June 5th/63
Started on our march about 6 past through Alexzandra
about noon halted a mile from there got our dinners then on we went for Liberty got there at 4 oclock
this is not mutch of a place
June 6th
Camp near Liberty
Ten this morning
there is a great deal of speculation to where we are going there is not mutch forage here for our trains
afternoon got orders to martch to marffreesboro went about 9 miles camp for the night
June 7th/63
got up at 3 oclock got breakfast Started on our march past through some nice contry nice cedar groves Some times nothing elce but that got at Murffreesboro about dark this was a hard Sunday march for us
Murffreesboro Ten
June 8th/1863
To day we are viewing things around fixing our camp Some of our friends are coming from diferant Regt to sea us
June 9th 1863
To day I saw 3 men of Gen Wilders
Bregad have there heads shaven and drumb before the Bregade they wer for mutiny and desertion to day we have good many visiters
Murfreesboro Ten
June 10th/63
we are now in the 3 division bregade 5 division 14th A.C. the weather is pleasant
June 11th/63
a rainy day
June 12th
drill one hour and half in the morning then we had the day to shade our streets I have a nice little cedar in front of my tent quite pleasant
and in the eavning the 59th Ohio Band Silver Band now the Bregade Band paid us a visit had some nice music
Murfreesboro Ten
June 13th
This is a nice morning
drill to day
June 14th 1863
To day is the first Sunday that I am at Murfreesboro
preaching by Chaplin at 10 oclock Sunday School at 2
Murfreesboro Ten
June 15th 1863
a nice day drill
June 16th
Batalion drill
June the 17th
Bregade drill
Murfreesboro Tenn
June 18th/63
had thunder shoures to day. Batalion drill
June 19th 1863
fine day some of the 59th up to sea us evry day had Bregade drill
Murfreesboro Ten
June 20/63
Drill in the morning
June the 21st
Sunday Inspections at 9 preaching in the grove at 10 by Chaplin of the 92 Ohio
June 22d/63
a fine morning
John Fee of the 59th Ohio came yesterday to pay me a visit
is here this morning
Benton G Moris takes command of our Co he is from Co E
Murfreesboro
Ten June 23/63
to day moved our camp a quarter of a mile I think there is a move on hand
June 24th/63
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Started this morning a little after day light a general moove of the army went out on three differance pikes we had not gon far till we heard the roaring of cannon we was in the center about one oclock our
[margin]
took 12 to day of prisners
division got into an engagement at Hooveys Gap
Wilders Bregade was engag first they fought about 4 houres then Crooks Bre went in to assist them as we advanced we met the ambulances loaded with the dead and wonded the Rebs begin to fall back then out of range of moscatery but the cannons played on them till dark then ceased we lay in battle line all night
June 25th
Commence raining yesterday morning
and still raining the cannading renewed this morning and scurmishing about one oclock the mouted Infantry maid a charge and took a Jack ass gunn mule and 40 prisners
Hooveys Gap
June 26
The rebs have left about 2 oclock to day March 10 miles encamp for the night captured a Reble supply wagon our Beg don that
Four miles from Manchester June 27th
Started on the march
earley Wilders Bregade in advance they road in and took Manchester took them with surprise took 100 prisners
Manchester
June 28th
To day is Sunday we are resting to day but not mutch eather preparing for a march fixing to send our knapsacks back to murfreesboro
Manchester Ten
June 28th
Started on our march about 10 oclock and O how it rained
martch through Swamps followed the railroad got within 4 miles
of Talahoma came on to the rebs we drove them back and put out our pickets it rained all day
June 30th 1863
Clear this morning
hear nothing of the rebs the 89 92 Ohio sent out through the swamps to sea where they wer
found them about two miles of
Scurmish a little with them then came back to camp
4 miles from Tulhoma
July 1st
This morning orderd back about 2 miles
Sent other Bregades
in front got newes of the vacuation of Tulhoma the whole force then march in we got there at 5 oclock then camp
Tulahoma July 2d
Orders to march at 5 oclock Started on the left of the railroad through the swamps captured good many prisners here and a good deal of comisary march about 10 miles camp on the rite bank of elk river this is a nice streem us boys had quite a time bathing
On the Bank
of Elk River
July 3d 1863
Fine morning I do wish that we could git a mail feal lost with out the newes and letters. one Division crost the river had to waid it up to there waist then came a hard rain the river raised Our Division went back and got on annother road where there was a bridge got there at 4 oclock camp for the night
July the 4th 1863
This is the day that our independence was declared. how I would like to be at home to spend the 4th
our forces had considerable of a scurmish here the rebs had burnt the bridge but the Pioneer Coar soon fix it so as to march over Started about 10 oclock march 3 miles to Brakefield Pt. here we encamp to spend the Forth
the diferant Divisions are fire salutes commence raining
July 5th 1863
Sunday morning still in camp baking bread out of cesesh meal
a nice shower
I heard the Chaplins of the 11th 92nd Ohio exsort they talk well
July 6th 1863
Still in camp 12 miles South of Tullahoma
our rations are short I do hope that our supply trains will come
July 7 Still
wating for our rations
I think they will be here to day
July 8th 1863
Our train came last night to the river 2½ miles from here river so high that they could not ford it so our train went down and the boys carried crackers and coffee crost on the fragment of a bridge Good newes this morning vixbirg surrenderd
and all that is in and the great victory in the east Lee is badly whip 20,000 kill 20,000 prisners and in hot hast after the rest of them. Meigs commanding our forces
Gen Roceycrans had each Battery fire a salute of 34 gunns that maid a roaring in old Tenn Camp mooved 2 miles
July 9th 1863
we have a nice camp pleanty water apples and burries I hear the cares whistle to day they have come through
July 10 amusing our selves in camp
Near breakefield Station July 11th
Pleanty of rations coming to day this eavning I detail as corporial of Brig guard
July 12th
To day is Sunday
I was thinking how pleasant it would be to be at Laurel Church in stead of caring my gunn
July 13th
Pleasant day we are all in good spirits thinking that the war will be over soon as our armes has bin victorious in several places
Near breakefield
Station July 14th
Col Carlton is taking our oficers through on drill and officers are drill us noncommition officers received a letter from home
July 15th
I am riting a letter home
the Chaplin has got to the Regt
July 16th 1863
we are having good times in camp over the good newes
July 17th
Nothing of importance
July 18th
a pros prospect of us going back to Nashvill or some other place
July 19th
Too miles of Decard
Station
the cars are now runing there
the bridge that we burnt acrost Elk River is now repaired
To day the 89th was paid off
Received 4 months pay
July 20th
I feal unwell
Aug 3d I was halled in Ambulance to the to Cumberland Mountain
Aug 12 I brought to the Genearel field Hospital at Caman Station
Aug the 21 1863
Leave for
Nashvill
Aug 23d 1863
Arive at Nashvill went in Hospital 19 ward No 1
Sep 3d 1863
I left Hospital No 19 ward 1
Went to the Barix the [?] House.
Sept 4th
Nashvill Tenn
This morning at 4 oclock got on the cars for Steevenvill Alabama got there at 6 oclock eav P.M. I was not
Stevill Alabama
Sept 6th
took the carses for
1863
Bridgeport Alabama to the Convelesant Camp
Steeveson Alla
Sept 25th 63
Went to Steeveson Hospital
Nashvill Tenn
Cumberland Hospital 3 Div Sept 27th
came to this Hospital
Camp Denison
Sept the 3rd/62
Left Camp Denison this morning at eight oclock. came to Cincinnati on the cars marched through town awhile then came up in front of the Burnet House and made a halt heard a speech from Gov Tod and then we crossed the river March a fiew miles back of Covington and encamp cald Camp King Taylor
Camp Taylor
Sept the 4th 1863
we was caled into line of Battle and
march out to meet the enemy we got into the rifle pitts and wer ready for them it proved to be a fals alarm we wer informed that we wer attached to the second bregade commanded by Gen Smith and orderd to King three miles distance we arived here about dark
1862
Aug the 11th
This morning at four oclock I left home to volenteer in the defence of my contry I arived at Amelia at 10 oclock there I met Capt Leads Co and I enlisted there we then moved on to Camp Denison got there at 3 oclock then went into the Barrax
Aug the 12th
To day Capt Leeds sent me home to get a fiew recruits
Aug the 14th
I returned to to Camp Denison with two recruits
Camp Denison Aug 23d
Was mustered into the U S A as members of Co F 89th Reg O.V.I.
Camp Denison
Aug the 26th 1862
Got leave of absence and went home to settle some buisness
At Home
Sept 1st 1862
A courrier informed me about midnight last that our Regt had orders to move so I had to make preperations to leave home verry early and unexpectedly to to me here was the triing point to leave friends at home
Clothing Bill
1 Pants 3.03
1 Blouse Lined 2.15
1 Cap .63
1 Uniform Coat 6.71
1 pair Shoes 1.94
3 flanen Shirts 2.64
2 Drawars 1.00
2 Pair Stockins .52
1 Great Coat 7.20
1 Blanket 2.95
1 Blouse lined 2.15
1 Pants 3.03
1 Blanket 2.95
1 Shirt .88
1 Pair Shoes 1.94
I got on the boat went to Cincinnati then took the cars for Camp Denison got there at 4 oclock
Sept 2d 1862
The Regt is not ready to leave had to draw our uniform and gunns
Mr W B Page
Winchester Va Co
H 11 Regt O.V.I.
care of Capt J G.
Snodgrass
Dr to T. M. Ireton
1862 Sept
Strange Mcclaine .50
E Daly .10
G Boner .05
C Hunt .10
Dec John Dunset .10
S Dilingham .10
Will Turtin .10
Ed Myric .10
Joseph Pingle .10
Joe Pingle pep .10
A Windins .10
1863
Joh Light 6.50
J K Simmons 2.15
T Fager .05
Martin Boner .10
Will Turtin .10
L Halfhill .10
Wes Turtin .15
Joseph Hill 5.00
E Daly .05
What I sent home
Sent from
Cincin Ohio 15.00
from Louisvill 65.00
from Carthage Tenn 20.00
Will Conover
Gen field
Hospital ward
D
McGee
on Spruse
4 dores west
Union
Col Barnet
Comisary guard
Corp Co F
T. M. Ireton
F P Wilt Co H
D Pepple Co H
H Beever Co H
Dr to T M Ireton cts
John Kem .25
ink stand
June 23Fred Deeds .15
check
John Archard .15
John Comb .15
July 8 Check .25
J G Davis .20
Capt T B H Noris .32
Henry Howard
Debtes to Thomas M Ireton
[many crossed out]
John Light 6.50
Jack Simmon 3.00
Strange Mcclain .50
John Archard 3.50
J G P[?] 5.00
L Halfhill .10
Will Tustin .10
Ead Myric .10
Isac Pingle .10
W M Tustin .10
Joe Pingle .10
Wesly Turtin .15
Martin Boner .10
Joseph H Hill 5.00
A Windins .10
Grand gulf
Thomas M Ireton
Laurel
Volinteered
Aug 11th 1862
under Capt
M A Leeds
U. S. A.
in the 89th Regt
O.V.I.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (15192) | DL1267.003 | Diaries |
Tags: Battle of Gettysburg, Camp/Lodging, Death (Military), Defeat/Surrender, Desertion/Deserters, Discipline, Drilling, Fighting, Food, Foraging/Theft, Guard/Sentry Duty, Guns, Homesickness, Hospitals, Illnesses, July 4th, Mail, Marching, Music, Nature, Navy, Payment, Picket Duty, Prisoners of War, "Rebels" (Unionist opinions of), Recreation, Religion, Rumors, Scouting, Ships/Boats, Siege of Vicksburg, Weather, Work
People - Records: 1
- (5291) [writer] ~ Ireton, Thomas M.
SOURCES
Thomas M. Ireton Diary, DL1267.003, Nau Collection
