27th. Thunder shower during the day. Passed the day reading and resting. At 5 P. M. commenced marching towards Jamestown. 7th and 2nd Ohio. Rained very hard. Fishing Creek too high to ford. Bivouacked on the bank. Cleared off, so slept very well, save wet clothes. Thede and I went together. Three days’ rations. A. [...]
Saturday, 27th–Our company is still on picket here about five miles southeast of Vicksburg, while the other companies of the regiment are with our brigade out on the Big Black river. There is no telling when we shall be relieved from picket; yet our boys are pretty well satisfied, for we have plenty of blackberries [...]
“ORANGE C. H., June 27th, 1863. “. . . I was very glad to get your note of the 18th June, and only wish I knew where you were now. We are all an anxious set of women at present. Mrs. Gordon (J. B.) leaves to-day for Winchester to try and hear something of her [...]
June 27th. At seven thirty A. M., steamer Bee came down from Bayou Sara. Cannonading going on at Port Hudson all this day.
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd June 27TH.–A number of our boys went a few miles, blackberrying, and picked quite a quantity to bring home, when we heard the sound of horses’ hoofs, and suddenly concluding we had berries enough, we beat a hasty retreat for camp and got there safely. The weather [...]
JUNE 27th.—An officer of the Signal Corps reported, yesterday, the force of Gen. Keyes, on the Peninsula, at 6000. To-day we learn that the enemy is in possession of Hanover Junction, cutting off communication with both Fredericksburg and Gordonsville. A train was coming down the Central Road with another installment of the Winchester prisoners (some [...]
June 27, 1863, The Charleston Mercury It is high time for the State authorities to do something towards furnishing labor, if it is expected that Charleston is to be saved from destruction at the hands of the enemy next fall. There is a vast deal of work to be done which the soldiers we have [...]
June 27, 1863, The Charleston Mercury THE CAMPAIGN ON THE BORDER. RICHMOND, June 25. – Ten Yankee transports appeared at the White House this morning, and a small force landed. It is reported that their pickets advanced as far as Teustall Station. No apprehensions are felt in official circles. Efficient measures have been taken to [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald SIXTY THOUSAND MEN CALLED OUT TO REPEL THE REBEL INVASION. HARRISBURG, Pa, June 26, 1863. In the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew Curtin, Governor of said Commonwealth. A PROCLAMATION. Pennsylvania – The enemy is advancing in force into Pennsylvania. He has a [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald The alarm of the Pennsylvanians at the invasion of Lee is extraordinary. The population along the Maryland State line are rushing across the Susquehanna in a state of panic, believing they are comparatively safe with that barrier between them and the enemy. But the citizens of Harrisburg and [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald The enemy progresses slowly, but with large force, into Pennsylvania. Affairs at Harrisburg wore a more quiet aspect yesterday, although the country people, with droves of cattle and horses, were rushing into the city in large numbers. Preparations for defence were going on actively. General Knipe evacuated the [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Our Chambersburg Correspondence. CHAMBERSBURG, June 18, 1863. The following is a correct and truthful account of Jenkins’ raid into Chambersburg, having witnessed it personally. You will remember that Franklin county, Pa., of which Chambersburg is the shire town, is a border county of the State, about eight miles [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Our Frederick City Correspondence. FREDERICK CITY, June 20, 1863. The excitement occasioned by the proximity of the enemy continues, and the streets are occupied by groups of residents eagerly devouring the reports of refugees. Nearly all of the prominent Union citizens have left. Many of the stores are [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Our Harrisburg Correspondence. HARRISBURG, June 21, 1863. CONFIRMATION OF GOV. CURTIN’S ORDER ABOUT ENLISTMENTS. The telegram I sent you of the confirmation by the Secretary of War of Governor Curtin’s promise to the Pennsylvania troops to muster them out of service as soon as the public necessities would [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Our Baltimore Correspondence. BALTIMORE, June 25, 1863. The light breaks at last. The news which I have received this morning, and which I send you below, dispels the last remaining doubt in regard to General Lee’s intentions, and affords, as you will see, a clear prognosis of what [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Mr. F.G. Chapman’s Letters. MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Md., June 19, 1863. With the promised return of the rebels to the Shenandoah valley and the line of the Upper Potomac, all outlying forces were ordered to concentrate upon certain points, with a view to making a final stand, if hard [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Mr. George H. Hart’s Letter. HEADQUARTERS, CAVALRY, June 24, 1863. My despatches embrace all the points of general interest or importance relating to the reconnoissance to the front by a portion of the Union cavalry; but a more detailed account may not be unacceptable. AT NEW BALTIMORE, a [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Our Harrisburg Correspondence. HARRISBURG, June 25, 1863. I regret to say that General Couch has been compelled to issue orders restricting the privileges of correspondents. He feels aggrieved, and, though desirous of affording every means of information to the representatives of the various papers; is certain that some [...]
June 27, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The following extract from a letter from an officer in a Richmond battery, gives the clearest and most correct idea of the manner of the capture of Winchester and the movements of our troops immediately preceding that event, that has yet been given to the public. To those unfamiliar [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald Carlisle Not in Possession of the Enemy. Gettysburg Occupied by the Rebels in Force. The Harrisburg Telegrams. HARRISBURG, June 26, 1863. The rebel advance in this direction still continues at a stand still in the vicinity of Carlisle. Telegraphic communication is open with the town up to the [...]
June 27, 1863, The New York Herald POSITION OF GENERAL BANKS. – The latest news from New Orleans and Port Hudson is of grave importance. Our correspondents accompanying the army of investment, under General Banks supply full and interesting details of the most recent operations against that stronghold. From these it appears that, after a [...]
Saturday Evening.—Just heard from W. and S. H.; both terribly robbed by the raiders in the last three days. All of my brother’s horses and mules taken. Some of the servants were forced off, who staid so faithfully by them, and resisted all the Yankee entreaties twice before. They attempted to burn the wheat, which [...]
Saturday, 27th.—All pretty quiet; boys getting very low-spirited. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)