Saturday, 28th–A detail of forty men from our regiment was sent into town on provost guard. Our orders were to arrest all citizens and soldiers found upon the streets without passes from the commander of the post here or from the provost marshal, and take them before the latter for investigation and punishment.
28th. Have an old store for the Commissary, storehouse below and office above. Cleaned up and put up a stove. Looked about to get mills. Hear no word from B.–borrowed meal. Aggravating. Lewis not successful. Dan fixed up a very good desk from an old P. O. box. Read some in Burns. Settled some accounts.
Saturday, 28th.—Regiment camped near Dalton; reported Pat Cleaborn’s Division held position in the gap at Ringgold yesterday, driving Federals back with heavy loss. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)
NOVEMBER 28th.—It rained last night. To-day there is an expectation of a battle near Chancellorville, the battle-ground of June last. Meade is certainly advancing, and Pickett’s division, on the south side of the James River, at Chaffin’s Farm, is ordered to march toward Lee, guarding the railroad, and the local defense men are ordered out. [...]
November 28, 1863, The New York Herald The news from Chattanooga represents the absolute destruction of General Bragg’s army as beyond doubt. General Grant very briefly announces, in a despatch dated at one o’clock yesterday morning, that he has just returned from the front; that the rout of the enemy is most complete. Abandoned [...]
Richmond, Va., November 28, 1863.–Our pleasant home sojourn was soon broken up. Johnny had to go back to Company A, and my husband was ordered by the President to make a second visit to Bragg’s Army.[1] So we came on here where the Prestons had taken apartments for me. Molly was with me. Adam Team, [...]