2nd. Wrote a letter home. Helped make our ordnance returns –about square in everything. Was kept busy till quite late. Ordered to be ready to march tomorrow at daylight. Plenty of rumors. Col. Kautz came to inspect the cavalry–all wished he would come to stay.
Monday, 2d–It was my turn on the picket line today. Our picket post is three miles below Vicksburg on the main road to Warrington, and I was stationed right on the bank of the Mississippi. Our reserve post has one lieutenant, one sergeant, two corporals and thirty privates. Six men under a sergeant go out [...]
NOVEMBER 2d.—A refugee from Portsmouth reports the arrival of 6000 Federal troops at Newport News, and that Richmond is to be menaced again. Brig.-Gen. H. W. Allen, Alexandria, La., reports 8000 deserters and skulking conscripts in that vicinity, and a bad state of things generally. Gen. Lee has written three letters to the department, dated [...]
November 2nd, 1863.—Now, while Cousin Julia is with us, I am trying to make things as pleasant as possible for her. All the boys are away in the army, so we have what Aunt Dinah calls “hen parties.” We have been the rounds of the family to dinings; we have had picnics, to which we [...]
November 2, 1863, The New York Herald Affairs in the Army of the Potomac do not present many new features. Beyond some guerilla movements in the rear of General Meade’s army, and some manÅ“uvering for favorable positions for an anticipated coming fight on the part of both armies, there is nothing of any importance [...]