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| January |
1 |
In Winchester |
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|
2 |
Left at 8 pm to join Genl.
Jackson's command which left Winchester yesterday |
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3 |
Joined Genl. Jackson at ??? Store
at daylight. Command moved towards Bath. Encamped at
Headquarters six miles from Bath |
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4 |
Commenced moving at daylight. Rode
to ??? by train and then forward to Bath where I arrived at
6 1/2 pm. Our force took possession of Bath at 2 pm. Genl.
Jackson moved on to river opposite Hancock where we encamped
on the right on Mr. Lynn. I placed artillery in position and
threw shells into Hancock at night |
|
5 |
Col. Ashby took Flag of Truce to
Hancock at 9 am. At 12 our batteries commenced bombarding
the town. Cannonading rept upon ??? all day |
|
6 |
At Headquarters today. In pm enemy
shelled our camp and we moved from Mog?? River |
|
7 |
Command commenced moving towards
??? Store at which place head of column arrived at dark.
Roads smooth with ice and in a terrible condition |
|
8 |
Relieved by Col. M. G.
Harmon and
left for Winchester at 12 o'clock in company with Maj. Hanks Chp S. S. |
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9 - 23 |
In Winchester |
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|
24 |
In Winchester |
President {Allan} MacFarlan {President,
Cheraw & Darlington RR} here |
|
25 |
In Winchester |
McFarlan left |
|
26 - 28 |
In Winchester |
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|
29 |
In Winchester |
Gerty, Lucy and sister went to Strasburg today
in stage in charge of Geo T Darracott {George
Thomas Darracott, his 17 y. o. nephew}. I left at 5 for Strasburg
and arrived at 7 1/2 pm |
|
30 |
All left Strasburg at 3 am for
Richmond where we arrived at 4 1/2 pm |
|
31 |
In Richmond |
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| February |
1 |
In Richmond |
Received orders from QM Genl. to go to
Manassas {junction of Orange &
Alexandria RR and Manassas Gap RR} and complete RR from that point to Centreville
{about 5 miles} {Centreville RR
Map} |
|
2 |
In Richmond |
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3 |
Left at 7 1/2 am to report to
Genl. Johnston at Manassas. Went to Plains Station, Manassas
Gap RR and stayed all night |
|
4 |
Left Plains Station at
8 am. Stopped at Gainesville till 11 am and then went to Manassas
and from there went with Capt. Cone to see Genl. Johnston at
Centreville |
|
5 |
Left at 9 am for Manassas and took
charge of work on the RR |
|
6 |
Started for Richmond at 7 am and
arrived at 4 1/2 pm |
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7 - 8 |
In Richmond |
|
|
9 |
Left at 7 1/2 am for Winchester;
arrived at Strasburg at 9 1/2 pm |
|
10 |
Left at 10 am; arrived at
Winchester at 1 pm. Left Winchester 5 pm for Strasburg |
|
11 |
Left Strasburg at 3 am for
Manassas; arrived at 7 am. Went to Bull Run on Centreville
RR {2 1/2 miles} and back |
|
12 |
At Manassas |
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13 |
At Manassas |
Went to Bull Run and back. Left at 5 1/2 pm
for Richmond |
|
14 |
Arrived at Richmond at 7 am |
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15 - 16 |
In Richmond |
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|
17 |
Left at 7 1/2 am; arrived at
Manassas at 5 1/2 pm |
|
18 |
Went to end of track beyond Bull
Run and back |
|
19 |
At Manassas |
|
|
20 |
At Manassas |
Manson {his clerk} here and went with me to end of track. |
|
21 - 23 |
At Manassas and on RR |
|
24 |
At Manassas |
?oke here |
|
25 |
At Manassas |
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|
26 |
At Manassas |
Went to Strasburg at 5 pm |
|
27 |
Went to Winchester and packed up
private effects and shipped them to Richmond |
|
28 |
Left at 2 pm and arrived at
Strasburg 5 pm in company with Manson {his
clerk} |
| March |
1 |
Left Strasburg at 3 am; arrived at
Manassas at 9 am. Assigned to duty as Military RR
Superintendent |
|
2 - 8 |
At Manassas |
|
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9 |
At Manassas |
Army of Potomac, in command of Genl. J. E.
Johnston, evacuated Manassas today. I left Manassas on the
last train at 9 pm |
|
10 |
Arrived at Bristoe at 5 am {4
miles from Manassas Station, on the Orange & Alexandria
RR} and at
Brandy Station {25 miles south of
Bristoe Station} at 12 m where I stopped and opened telegraph
office |
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11 |
Went to see Genl. Johnston at
Rappahannock {Station, 5 miles north
of Brandy Station} |
|
12 |
Went to Culpepper {6
miles south of Brandy Station} and back to
Brandy |
|
13 |
At Brandy all day. Left for
Culpepper at 10 pm. Relieved as Military RR Superintendent |
|
14 |
At Culpepper till 10 1/2 am when I
left for Richmond, where I arrived at 6 pm |
|
15 |
In Richmond |
Assigned to duty in the QM Genl.'s office |
|
16 - 17 |
In Richmond |
|
|
18 |
Went to Petersburg and back |
|
19 - 24 |
In Richmond |
|
|
25 |
Went to Petersburg at ??? am with
Lt Stanard to make alteration to get track through city.
Returned at 6 pm |
|
26 |
Went to Petersburg and back |
|
27 - 31 |
In Richmond |
|
| April |
1 |
In Richmond |
|
|
2 |
In Richmond |
Saw Genl. Johnston at Spotswood |
|
3 |
In Richmond |
Started Genl. Johnston from Fredericksburg
depot by special train at 10 am. |
|
4 |
In Richmond |
Hauled Manassas Gap RR Engine No. 3 from
Fredericksburg Depot to 22nd and Main Street en route to {Richmond
&} York River RR |
|
5 |
In Richmond |
Put Engine No. 3 on York River RR |
|
6 |
Spent last night at Virginia
Central Depot
waiting for troops to arrive from Gordonsville en route to
Yorktown and the Peninsula. At 1 1/2 am walked into an open
culvert at Central Depot and broke my left leg between knee
and foot. Was carried to office by Mr. H. D. Whitcomb,
General Superintendent, and at 6 am had my leg set and
bandaged by Dr. Mate of Medical Infirmary. Carried home on a
litter at about 7 am, Manson {his
clerk} and Sturman with me. |
|
7 - 16 |
In Richmond |
In bed |
|
17 |
In Richmond |
Sat up in a chair today for first time |
|
18 - 19 |
In Richmond |
|
|
20 |
In Richmond |
Drs. Gibson and Carrington put a starch
bandage on my leg today 11 1/2 am |
|
21 |
In Richmond |
In bed till 2 1/2 pm, up balance of day |
|
22 |
In Richmond |
Walked about house on my crutches today |
|
23 |
In Richmond |
Went to QM Genl.'s office in hack at 12 m.
Walked from there on my crutches to Dr. ??? and there met
Mr. Marsh in my buggy |
|
24 |
In Richmond |
Entered early upon my duties at QM Genl.'s
office today. Met with Dr. Hawkins, President R&G {Raleigh
& Gaston} RR
today at Exchange |
|
25 - 27 |
In Richmond |
|
|
28 |
Went to Petersburg at 8 3/4 am and
returned at 6 pm |
|
29 - 30 |
In Richmond |
|
| May |
1 - 9 |
In Richmond |
|
|
10 |
Went to Petersburg and back. |
|
11 - 12 |
In Richmond |
|
|
13 |
In Richmond |
Gerty, Lucy, my sister and Margaret
{Heist?} started
for North Carolina today in charge of C. H. Manson {his
clerk} at 2 3/4
pm |
|
14 |
In Richmond |
Moved to Spotswood Hotel today to supper |
|
15 - 16 |
In Richmond |
|
|
17 |
In Richmond |
??ke arrived today with 14 wagons and teams |
|
18 |
In Richmond |
Dr. Hoson took starch bandage from my leg
today |
|
19 |
In Richmond |
My family left Raleigh today for Columbia, S.
C. with Manson {his clerk} |
|
20 |
In Richmond |
Manson reached Columbia today with my family |
|
21 - 22 |
In Richmond |
|
|
23 |
In Richmond |
Manson arrived today |
|
24 |
In Richmond |
|
|
25 |
In Richmond |
Went to Mothers with Hugh Rice |
|
26 - 27 |
In Richmond |
|
|
28 |
In Richmond |
Hauled Engine York from Richmond & York
River RR to Richmond & Petersburg RR today |
|
29 |
In Richmond |
Hauled Engine Atlantic from Richmond &
York River RR to Richmond & Petersburg RR today |
|
30 - 31 |
In Richmond |
|
| June |
1 - 2 |
In Richmond |
|
|
3 |
In Richmond |
Atlantic and 15 cars started to Salisbury in
charge of P. M. Snyder. Two cars broke loose on 8th Street
grade. Killed one boy and knocked train bridge into canal |
|
4 - 19 |
In Richmond |
|
|
20 |
In Richmond |
Gerty, Lucy and sister arrived today from
Columbia in charge of Clerks. Manson and Sturman. left for
Raleigh today |
|
21 |
In Richmond |
|
|
22 |
In Richmond |
Rev. Wooldridge baptized Lucy at
Monumental
Church after morning service. Manson arrived. |
|
23 - 25 |
In Richmond |
|
|
26 |
Left Richmond at 8 1/2 am with
Gerty, Lucy, sister and Margaret for North Carolina. Arrived
at Petersburg at 11 am and stopped at Jarrett hotel |
|
27 |
Left Petersburg at 7 1/2 am and
arrived at Raleigh at 6 1/2 pm. Stopped at Yarborough house |
|
28 |
Left Raleigh at 12 pm; arrived at
Company Shops at 4 pm |
|
29 |
Left Company Shops at 1 pm and
arrived at Raleigh at 5 pm |
|
30 |
In Raleigh |
|
| July |
1 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
2 |
In Raleigh |
Rented today of the Raleigh & Gaston RR
their old Machine Shops for the purpose of establishing
shops for repairing Government locomotives and cars |
|
3 - 11 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
12 |
In Raleigh |
Went with family to Kettrel's Springs {Kittrell's Station
(a resort) on the Raleigh & Gaston RR, 37
miles north of Raleigh} at 5 1/2
pm |
|
13 |
At Kettrel's |
|
|
14 |
At Kettrel's |
Left at 2 pm for Raleigh |
|
15 - 18 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
19 |
In Raleigh |
Went to Kettrel's in pm |
|
20 |
At Kettrel's |
|
|
21 |
At Kettrel's |
Left at 3 pm for Raleigh |
|
22 - 25 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
26 |
In Raleigh |
Family came from Kettrel's and
went to Yarborough
House |
|
27 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
28 |
In Raleigh |
In pm went with family to Mrs. Nixon's to board |
|
29 - 30 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
31 |
In Raleigh |
??? At home balance of day |
| August |
1 - 2 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
3 |
At home |
|
|
4 - 9 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
10 |
In Raleigh |
At church in am; at home in pm |
|
11 - 12 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
13 - 16 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
17 |
Went to church with Gerty; at home
balance of the day |
|
18 |
Left Raleigh at 5 am and arrived
at Richmond at 6 1/2 pm. Stopped at Spotswood |
|
19 - 31 |
In Richmond |
|
| September |
1 |
Left Richmond at 4 am in company
with Manson and arrived at Raleigh at 5 pm. Went immediately
home |
|
2 - 6 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
7 |
In Raleigh |
To church; at home remainder of the day |
|
8 - 12 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
13 |
In Raleigh |
During the day. Mr. Marsh {probably
Gerty's father} arrived today. Went
to Mill Brook with Mr. Huger |
|
14 |
At home |
|
|
15 - 16 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
17 |
Left Raleigh at 5 am; arrived at
Richmond at 7 pm. Ma and Mr. Marsh came on train with me.
Stopped at the Spotswood |
|
18 |
In Richmond |
|
|
19 |
In Richmond |
Executed my official Bond today as
QMaster with
Charles H. Lynch {Virginia State
Senator from Appomattox} and James Toven as sureties |
|
20 |
In Richmond |
|
|
21 |
Left Richmond at 4 1/2 am and
arrived at Raleigh at 5 pm |
|
22 - 29 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
30 |
In Raleigh |
During the day. Mother arrived
with George Darracott today and went to Mr. Nixon's |
| October |
1 - 3 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
4 |
In Raleigh |
During the day. Mother went to Mr. Harpers to
board |
|
5 - 11 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
12 |
At home |
|
|
13 - 25 |
In Raleigh |
During the day |
|
26 |
At home and then at Raleigh in pm |
|
27 |
In Raleigh |
Hugh Rice {Superintendent,
Manassas Gap RR} here |
|
28 |
In Raleigh |
Am went to Wake Forest {18
miles} and assisted in
clearing track which was blocked by a collision of engines
Wake and Palmetto. 4 killed and 15 wounded |
|
29 - 31 |
In Raleigh |
|
| November |
1 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
2 |
In Raleigh |
At home in the pm |
|
3 |
In Raleigh |
Bought lot of W. R. Andrews today for $3000 NC
money |
|
4 - 5 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
6 |
At home in am, the Raleigh in pm |
|
7 |
In Raleigh |
8 am on the ground; pm Mcfarlan here {Allan
Macfarlan, President, Cheraw & Darlington RR?} |
|
8 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
9 |
In Raleigh |
In am; at home in pm |
|
10 - 13 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
14 |
In Raleigh |
Mother went to Mrs. Nixon's today to board |
|
15 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
16 |
In Raleigh |
In am; at home in pm |
|
17 - 18 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
19 |
In Raleigh |
Thomas Webb and T. J. Sumner here {President
and Superintendent, North Carolina RR} |
|
20 |
In Raleigh |
T. J. Sumner here |
|
21 - 22 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
23 |
In Raleigh |
In am; at home in pm |
|
24 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
25 |
Gerty, Lucy and Margaret started
to Richmond today in charge of Sturman. I went to Company
Shops and returned with B&O RR Engine 126 on trial trip |
|
26 - 29 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
30 |
In Raleigh |
In am; at home in pm |
| December |
1 - 5 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
6 |
Left Raleigh 5 1/2 am and arrived
at Richmond at 6 1/2 pm. Found Gerty at her Aunt Sarah's
sick in bed |
|
7 |
In Richmond |
Saw QM Genl. and Col. Wadley {Wadley
had just been assigned to superintend and direct Government
transportation (ie railroads) in the South. He would
holding a meeting of all railroad presidents and
superintendents in Augusta on December 15} |
|
8 |
In Richmond |
|
|
9 |
In Richmond |
Went to Spotswood with my family |
|
10 |
In Richmond |
Left at 2 pm and arrived at
Jarrett {Hotel} Petersburg with
family and remained all night |
|
11 |
Left Petersburg 7 am and arrived
at Raleigh at 5 pm. Saw W. T. Jones, C. O. Sanford {President
and Superintendent, Petersburg RR} and
Charles Ellis {President, Richmond
& Petersburg RR} on train {probably
heading to the railroad meeting in Augusta on the 15th) |
|
12 - 13 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
14 |
In Raleigh |
In am; at home in pm |
|
15 - 20 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
21 |
In Raleigh |
In am; at home in pm |
|
22 - 24 |
In Raleigh |
|
|
25 - 28 |
In Raleigh |
In am; at home in pm |
|
29 - 31 |
In Raleigh |
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