Monday, July 10, 2023

Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.

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Friday, 10th–News came that there was fighting at Jackson, Mississippi, General Sherman having pushed Johnston back to that point. Troops are passing on to the front to reinforce Sherman. News came also that General Lee was making a raid into Pennsylvania.[1] Colonel Chambers returned from Vicksburg today, and has again taken charge of our brigade. [...]

Diary of Alexander G. Downing; Company E, Eleventh Iowa Infantry

War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney.

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10th. Moved out at 4 A. M., our brigade in advance. Reached Corydon, 17 miles, before noon. Passed the barricade where the militia fought. Made of logs and rails, very good. Made little resistance, afraid of cannon. 350 taken prisoners. Many home guards went on with us. All the men, women, girls and children out [...]

War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney.

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July 10th. At six o’clock this morning we hove up anchor, got under way, and steamed up to the batteries at Port Hudson, the Albatross in company with us. Came to anchor off same; hove up anchor and shifted our berth on account of eddies; some of our officers left the ship to visit the [...]

Cruise of the U.S. Flag-Ship Hartford -Wm. C. Holton

Diary of David L. Day.

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Whiskey Rations. July 10. This being an isolated post and several miles from any commissary or sutler, the officers feared it would be terribly infected with malaria; having regard for the health and welfare of the men, they prevailed on our assistant surgeon, Doctor Flagg, to order whiskey rations. Up went the order and down [...]

David L Day – My diary of rambles with the 25th Mass

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Charles Lynch

July 10th. Continual skirmishing going on with the rebs between Sharpsburg and Hagerstown, Maryland. Reported that General Lee is trying to cross the Potomac River into Virginia. We are either skirmishing or changing our position most of the time so that we are kept on the go about all the time and most of the [...]

Civil War Diary of Charles H. Lynch, 18th Conn. Vol’s.