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Daniel Pickens DiaryVol. I

Diary of Daniel Pickens

VOL. I

March 26th 1852 – March 25th 1859

PrefaceDaniel M. Pickens, was born in Buffalo, Erie co. N. Y., 8 Sept. 1826. His father was William Howland Pickens., His mother was said to have been Mary Jane Smith, however, his obituary gives the name of Flora. Daniel’s mother died when he was young, his father may then have married a second time, accounting for the name of Mary Jane Smith. Further research should help to solve these difficulties.

He married Lucy (Janett) Jeanette Eddy, daughter of Ezekiel Eddy and Mary Fisk, of Vermont. They were married 7 Feb. 1849, in Buffalo, Erie Co., N. Y. by Josiah Smith, Esquire.

Mary Jane, their first child, was born in N. Y. presumably Buffalo, Erie Co. The diary of Daniel then explains some of the movements which brought their families to the budding west.

Mary Pickens, of Ill. Wrote in pages, titled DOZENS of COUSINS, Descendants of Thomas Pickens and Margaret Steele

“According to tradition, and I quote from al letter written by John Pickens to his son John Pickens in Boston: Of the father’s side, my grandfather, Thomas Pickens – the s was added in the United States, with his wife, maiden name Margaret Steele or Steel and their children, wiz, Jane and twins Andres and James about two years old, immigrated to America 1717, a year more or less and landed at Boston from a rough and

tedious journey of 11 weeks. They lived in the little town of Milton, then to Freeton, soon after settled in the southwest part of Middleboro on land which their children will inherit” end of quote, This letter was copied from a day book almost 100 years old and is owned by Mildred Westgate of Middleboro, a descendant. She loaned it to me and is copied in full in notes and comments of this book.

He came from a town called Bally-Cully in Coleraine in the north of Ireland. A scrap of paper imprinted Brocton was given to George A. Kingland reads “John Pickens and Margaret Style (?) came from Scotland, went to Ireland married in Dublin and came to America, had four sons, John, James, Andrew and Thomas; two girls, Margaret and Grizzelda. We make no comment on these differences.”

Other records including his own signature carry out the proof that his name was Thomas and her name was Steele. The list of children leaves out Jane who the eldest and Martha, Thomas’s twin: also Grizzelda was not listed in the letter of John above. We have the church records of the baptism of the twins Martha and Thomas; June 4 11, 1721. Also land records and church records available state he was one of twelve men to establish a church in 1723 in Middleboro. Middleboro History page 460.

Summer Hinds says “I would not be surprised if the family burial plot was on the John Pickens farm where Zattu and Zacheus were buried. Maybe also Margaret Steele and one or more daughters. We visited this cemetery in 1964.

Thomas Pickens bought land of Barnabas Eaton Dec 26, 1732 and on

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this deed we have the actual signature. The date of Thomas’s death is generally given about May 5, 1739. This is nearly correct as it was told he was annoyed by a question of a deed he had purchased or was about to purchase and that he walked from Middleboro to Boston. There he became ill and died. The cemetery still stands but written records are not available that far back. At one time May Nelson showed a news item, and he adds, written by someone who knew Thomas well, to Sumner Hinds and he quoted it from memory for Louise Pickens Tanner.

Andrew Pickens was administrator of the estate March 28, 1740. It is said the dispute arose over a gift of land to James on May 5, 1739 as it is signed by Thomas and then cosigned by two witnesses “Thomas now being deceased.” A later quite claim deed dated Jan. 4, 1747 says the heirs of Thomas Pickens late of Freetown namely Andrew Pickens, James Pickens, John and Jane McCully, and James and Martha Nichols of Newport and Margaret Pickens, quit claim to John Pickens and Thomas Pickens Jr. lands on which our two brothers now dwell. This seems to state that these two brothers perhaps lived with their mother until her death thought to be 1747 and then other heirs signed this deed as they had already received their portion.

A bible once owned by Thomas Pickens was among the possessions of August Canedy says Lucy King. She adds perhaps she is dead now, 1963. It was purchased in London 1719.

Thomas built the house in which his son James lived and with a few additions it housed the Pickens family for several generations. Counting sons, grandsons and son-in-laws, Thomas had 27

descendants in the Revolutionary War. Descendants faned out to Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.

Honorary mention of those who collected these records include George A King of Taunton, his daughter Lucy, Sumner Hinds of Providence, Rhode Island. May Nelson now deceased lent to Louise Pickens Tanner her records. Much material was found in Morrison, Strobridge and Morrison genealogy. Robert Randall Family and a recent publication of the Hathways of America. Each clue led us to a further research until it was thought to preserve these records in book form.

Contributors now living are Louise Pickens Tanner of Florida, Loren Pickens, Deitrich, Ill, Danna Pickens Wilton, Maine. Sadie Pickens of South Carolina. Others have added data here and there but the wealth of material is preserved by Louise Tanner.

In her search for Pickens History she was given many old news items, wedding, death and birth notices and even news descriptions of some of the old dwellings. She listed every source of her material including the dates when she visited cemeteries and libraries and has been a great help in affirming data questioned elsewhere.”

(End of Mary Pickens Writing)

There is also a great deal of information available on the Eddy families of America in a book of the Eddy’s written about the turn of the century. It picks up from Ezekiel Eddy and traces the family to a William Eddy, who was the Vicar of the Church of England. Many of the records are still existing which he wrote around. 1500.

Daniel and Lucy (Janett) Jeanette Eddy had four children, Mary Jane Pickens

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born 1 Jan 1851 in N. Y., William Ambrose Pickens born 12 Mar 1854, probably in Washington Co. Iowa. Ida Ann Pickens born 17 Nov 1857 in Brighton, Washington Co. Iowa and Wheeler Bernard Pickens, born 16 July 1861 in Brighton, Washington Co. Iowa.

Because of his wounds he was in the military hospital for 18 months *1.

One story told our side of the family is that Janett thought Daniel dead so remarried, when Daniel came home he found that she was married and with child.

She married, a “Lon” Streeter, who was suppose to have been a local minister. Daniel remarried Mary Jane

1)See military pention and discharge letters. Hiatt Beedle. She was the daughter of John Hiatt Jr. and had married Abram Beedle.

Mary Jane and Abram had 4 children. A popular story which Ida Ann use to tell is that when they went to a little school that there were only two families, these children often teased each other but one day they all went to school and caused such a commotion and would not be quieted. When the teacher inquired as to the disturbances the children enthusiastically replied that their ma and pa had married and now they were all brothers and sisters.

Another story, and with current information revealed, more correct, was told me by Charlott Pickens of Arkansas. A granddaughter of William Ambrose Pickens.

According to her story, Daniel left his business in the hand of his partner, that partner ran up several bills and sold all he could before running off with the

money. This left the family desolate and the money that Daniel was able to send back was not enough to help meet the expenses of his 4 children and wife.

A local minister and friend tried to assist, but as time went along, became over-involved and resulted in an affair between him and Janett. She was probably expecting by the time Daniel got home.

Mary Jane, being about 15 went with her mother to Minn. (Janett) *2 Jeanette, as she was known, had a brother in Minn. And apparently went to be near him, as I imagine there was somewhat of an awkward situation at home.

Israel Fisk Eddy married Delia Pickens, Daniels sister as his second wife. His first wife was Eliza Jane Fara. Delia was a nurse and cared for Israel’s wife as until she died.

Jeanette and Lon2)

Daniel writes her name as Janett, elsewhere we see it as Jeanette. Streeter had two children, Laura “Helen?” *3 born 8 June 1865 in La Sauer, Minn. And Stephen Eddie Streeter, born 8 Mar 1870. (Lara) Laura is mentioned in a well of Alvin S. Eddy in 1911 as being in St. Louis Mo. And “Eddy” is in Omaha, Ne.) Jeanette Eddy Streeter is said to have died 1 Aug 1896, in Chatugua Co., N. Y. “Eddy” had was never married. Helen married 9 Dec 1916 to Gordon Ritche. *4

See the probate records of Avin S. Eddy.

According to notes in the possession of Charles Hoolbrook oflos Angeles, Ca. The notes belonged to Ida Ann Pickens and were signed Sis Ruby. Probably Reuby Eddy, sister to Janett Eddy.

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See obituaries of Charles and Jeanette. 19 Jan 1870. Etta M. *6 was born in 1875 in Sidney, Ia.

Jeannie and Charles apparently were taken with the measles, as reported in an obituary and after a long illness Jeannie died, 2 May 1888. Her brother grieved sorely for his most loved sister and fell to bad health due to grief 17 Aug 1889. *7 According to the obituary and a letter from a cousin, Mary Alice who tried to encourage him, they both were loved and dear to all who knew them. Etta married William McMullen 4 Mar 1894, we know nothing more of this family.

Daniel Pickens was active in many affairs of the area and quite loved and trusted. He was the trustee of the will of John Hiatt Jr., father of Mary Jane

See marriage notice of Mary to McMullen.

See letter of Mary Alice Pickens, dau of Orange S. Pickens)

Hiatt Pickens in 1887, Sidney, Ia.

Daniel Pickens diaries allow us a personal reflection of the mind and spirit of our grandfather and his love of life and those whom he met along the way. We can imagine the message that he would give us as his grandchildren if we were to have a chance to meet him today.

It is difficult enough to imagine those turbulent times, to have sacrificed so much, to have hoped and loved, and to have such a tragic separation. It was never apparent what he actually thought, no one is left, and Daniel did not write more that we know of. Yet we have never heard of a contrary word or tradition from these families. They must still have maintained some contact, however, as Daniels sister and Jeanette’s

brother, Israel visited Daniel in 1875 on their way to Oregon. *8

We have an idea though that the children perhaps through sharing and research we, as the family of Daniel, can trace more history and information.

Perhaps we could find more of the families and share with them, as perhaps they could share stories that they have heard.

If anyone knows of any pictures we would ask that we be allowed to make copies and share with the rest of the families.

SEE APPENDIX(BELOW)

OBITUARY OF DANIELPICKENS

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Died – At the home of his son in Sidney, Iowa, January 30, 1897; Daniel Pickens aged 70 years 3 months and 22 days. Mr. Pickens was born in Chautauqua Co,

Of the first marriage never fully accepted their second family. I have never herd anyone speak of any of them.

3)Sidney Argus or Tabor Beacon obituary, Fremont Co. Iowa. New York, September 8, 1826. He was the son of William H. and Flora Pickens. His mother died while he was a small boy. He grew to manhood in his native county and in 1849 was married to Jeannette Eddy. To this marriage there were four children born, two boys and two girls. In 1854 he settled in Washington county, Iowa, whither he was soon followed by his father and other members of the family. In 1862, Mr. Pickens enlisted in Co., E, 30 Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was an excellent soldier a brave and loyal man. He took part in the siege of

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Vicksburg and manfully bore his share of the hardships that memorable event. He was also at the battle of Lookout Mountain. He took part in 30 general engagements during his short service. He was wounded at Ringgold, Georgia, the bone being shot away below the knee in the left leg, and after he had fallen he was shot through, the other leg near the knee. He lay upon the field of battle from 9 o’clock in the morning until 3 o’clock in the afternoon. His wounds compelled him to remain in the hospital for eighteen months before he could be discharged.

Mr. Pickens was married second time in 1866 to Mrs. Beedle. To this union there were born three children on of whom is living, Mrs. Wm. McMullen. Mr. Pickens came to Fremont County in 1866, where he resided to the time of his death. He was a quiet, unassuming, hard working man, a man who was true to his friends and loyal to his country, a man who was universally respected by those who hew him best. All can unite in saying a good citizen and neighbor has gone from us.

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Following information obtained by Ruby Hiatt Anderson, 11-21-1958, from the General Services Administration, National Archives and Records Service, Washington D. C.

SC 39397WAR DEPARTMENT

Adjutant General’sOffice

Washington, Apr 7, 1887

Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of

Pensions

#39397#61355Ex 4-28-87

Daniel Pickens, a Private of Company “E”, 30 Regiment Iowa Inf, Volunteers, was enrolled on the 9 day of Aug, 1862, at Brighton for 3 years and is reported: on muster in roll dated Sept 23, 1862. present, Muster roll from date of muster in to October 31/62, absent sick in Hospt at St. Louis since Nov. 25/62, same to Aril 30/63.

May and June 1863, present. Same to Oct, 31/63. Nov and December 1863, absent, wounded in action at Taylors Ridge Ga. Nov, 27, 1863. (Co. was in action there and then.) Jan’y and Feb 1864 absent wounded since Nov. 27, 1863. now at Nashville Tenn. Same to April 30, 1864. absent sick at Brighton Iowa. Same to August 31, 1864. Sept and Oct. 1864, absent sick at Keokuk Iowa. Certificate of disability shows him discharged at Hospital – Keokuk Iowa December 12, 1864.

The records of this office furnish no additional evidence of disability.

STATE OF IOWA

County of Jefferson: vOn this 9” day of February A.D. One

thousand eight hundred and sixty five, personally appeared before me County Judge within and for said County and State, Daniel Pickens aged thirty nine years, a resident of Brighton, Keokuk County, in the state of Iowa, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Daniel Pickens who

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enlisted in the service of the united states at Brighton, Keokuk County, Iowa. On the 9th day of August in the year 1862 as a Private in company “E” commanded by Joseph Smith a captain, in the 30th

regiment of Iowa Volunteers Infantry in the war of 1861. and was honorably discharged on the 12th day of December, in the year 1964.

Thus while in the service aforesaid and in the line of his duty, he received the following wound; that he received a gunshot wound through his left leg. About four inches below the knee fracturing the bone, whilst engaged in battle at Ringold Georgia on the 27th day of November 1863. That since his discharge he has resided at Brighton Jefferson County, Iowa, and has been unable to engage in any occupation, but has been totally disabled and can do nothing towards earning a living, And D. P. Stubbs of Fairfield Iowa is hereby constituted and appointed my true and lawful attorney to pursecute this claim and to receive the certificate claimed.

My Post office address is Brighton, Keokuk County Iowa.

Signed Daniel Pickens

Also personally appeared William T. Burgess, and John A. Spielman residents of Fairfield Jefferson County Iowa.

Persons whom I certify are respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Daniel Pickens, sign his name to the foregoing declaration; And they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with him that he is the identical person he presents himself to be, and they further swear –

(If there is more it is missing)

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ARMY OF THE UNITED

STATES

CERTIFICATE

OF DISABILITY FOR DISCHARGE.Daniel Pickens Private of Captain Joseph Smith Company “E” of the Thirtieth Regiment of the United States Iowa Inft. was enlisted by w. T. Burges of the Regiment of ______ at Brighton Iowa on the Ninth day of August 1862, to serve Three years; he was born in Chautaugue in the State of New York is Thirty six years of age, Five feet eight ½ inches high, Dark complexion, Hazel eyes, Dark hair and by occupation when enlisted a Sawyer. During the last two months, said soldier has been unfit for duty ___ days. _____

Station: Keokuk Iowa Date: Nov 26, 1864 (A faintly

written note on the side of the certificate reads-best can be seen-;

W/General Hospital Keokuk Iowa Nov 26, 1864 This soldier is discharge for wounds received in Battle and is not fit for duty in the Veteran(?) Reserve Corps.

(?) Ness Taylor(?)- - - In-charge

I certify, that I have carefully examined the said _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Captain _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Company, and find him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of +(?) Ununited fracture of left Tibeu at the upper third following gunshot wound received in the action at Ringold Ga May 27, 1864. Disability three forths (?)

Ness TaylorDischarged this Twelveth day of December 1864, at (?) - - Hospital Keokuk Iowa.

Ness TaylorSurgeon In-Charge_(?)

Daniel was a member of the Grand Army Advocate, he had a Yellow ribbon that he was quite proud of, it is in the Possession of Charles Holbrook, son of Sadie Hiatt, dau. of Moses Hiatt and Ida Ann Pickens, descendant, living in Los Angelos, Ca. as of 1996. It reads:

My Closest Call,Memorial Book Mark

My closest call was at Ringold, Ga. Dec 25th, 1864, in line of battle; was shot through the left leg and lay on the battle field till nine o’clock at night. I belong to Co. E 30th Ia. Infantry. Daniel Pickens Sidney Iowa.

Daniel is buried in the Sidney Cemetery and has a marker from the GAR on his grave.

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Diary of Daniel PickensVOL I

March 26th 1852 – March 25th 1859Friday

I arrived in pittzburg *10 Friday noon and took cabin passage for St. Louis in the afternoon paid too dollars for my trip. Bought eight cents worth of cakes x and five cents worth of apples. I wrote to you Saturday (25th) morning is ½ past eight o’clock in pitzburg, the bout is in motion now x to hundred

Pittsburgh Penn.

He is usually thus referring to his wife, Lucy Jannett Eddy. Cabin passenger x and three hundred deck passengers.

Rochister village *12 I had some letis for dinner Monday noon and I am about to hundred miles form pit *13 x it has bin fair yet sinse I took the boat x it is as warm as summer her.

Tuesday the 29I took thirty fore on the flore and slep pretty well x I have not yet seen a feather bead sinse I left home x the weather is very warm

Many towns and villages have changed names, or disappeared. I will attempt to provide some location of the places he is speaking of, and you would enjoy following his travels on a map. Rochester Village may have been a note referring to Rochester, N. Y. as he was on his way to Pittsburgh.

This would have placed him along the Ohio River, in the area of Gallipolis, Ohio. This morning Louisville Kentucky *14 I bought one silk handkerchief 25 cents 20 cents worth of ammunition x and three cents worth of

carets it has been fair day and very warm.

March the 31I stayed in Louisville about 6 hours the peach trees was in full bloom and the grass way up full bite and it seems like June Kentucky on the write lift and Indiana on the write Jonesboro *15 770 from pit April the 1 eight o’clock in the morning drains *16 ill 11 o’clock - - -

They were making very good time for those days, when it took salon trains a day to make 10 miles, or a good horse ride still about 20 miles, Louisville, Ky. Would be over 400 miles along the river from Pittsburgh.

Owensboro, KY.

Drains is not a name which I can locate, Friday morning April the 2, 1852

SaturdayIt is pleasant and warm x Sunday morning the 4 I have arrive in Saint Louis and it is pleasant yet and looks well here Glencoe *18 the boiler burst and blood the boat al to pleases and killed a great any it rains now ere now and I paid fifty cents for my dinner I had turkey and

May have been called Unionville, since this would correspond to his travel, where the Ohio River runs into the Wabash River, along the Ill. Border. They are making about 200 miles a day.

They would be at Cairo, Mo.

Glencoe is in St. Louis Co. Mo.

Sop and resin pudding for my and pie I am going to the boat for to stay to night for I think that it is batter than to stay to the tavern and pay fifty scents a meal and twenty five cents a meal

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It rained half the after noon and some of the forenoon I took super on the boat and got a good super snuff for me the die Vernon *19 it is as pretty boat as I ever see I have got to pay three dollars for my passage to keokuck

I paid twenty cents for a pair of goggles and five cents for a pie and 50 cents for my dinner it is ½ past 7 o’clock and I am a going to bead

Monday april the 5It rained all night and it sowed all the forenoon I have bin reading a novel all the forenoon and have just finished it 5 oclock and we are a Levin St louis *20 and it is as cold yet

Tuesday april the 6I had my boots I had out of my room and bruched and had to pay ten cents for it it is pleasant tis morning and we are in in site of a village buy the name of louisanna *21 it is warm anuff tis morning I saw a hundred and fifty crane tis morning and wild gease and ducks anuff for to make one dinner for one hundred x the stuffin bloed out of the steamcheast and it scart me some but did not hurt any body I saw a man 7 feet and 9 inches high he had a cain as big as my leg and a gun that I could not reach the top in to about six inches *22

This must have been some frontiersman; the guns of the day were muzzleloaders, often custom made to fit the man. Daniel was only

Wensday the 7It is cloudy and wet and muddy anuff in Keokuk *23 I arieved in Keokuk a bout 4 o clock in the afternoon and staid all night x pigs are seling for six bits a piese I had a feather bead to sleep on to the united states hotel in ioa x Fairfield

in jeferson county it is five o clock and it has stoped raining but it is cooler than it was this morning eight o clock and I am a goin to bed

Thursday the 8I arose in the morning and it was fare and pleasnt it has bin fare all day and looks like a fare day to moro

Friday morning april the 9about 5’6”, he is saying that he could not reach up and touch the top of this mans gun.

Keokuk, Iowa, at the very S. E. tip of the state.

It is fair yet and I have bin thrue the sitysome and like it beter than I did I saw a pol 104 feet high for a telegraph with sixteen three quarter wire for braces I bought a pair of pinchers for twenty five cents it is a boat twelve o clock and I am a going to leave Keokuk for Fairfield *24 x I arrive in charles *25 to about dark 18 miles from Keokuk x it rained last night dougles jerrold says the women are all like when they are maids there mild as milk once make them wives and they lean their backs against their marriage certificates and defy you

Saterday the 10

It rains this morning it is breaking a

Fairfield, county seat of Jefferson Co. Iowa. About 60 miles NW of Keokuk, along hwy 34.

Charleston, about 17 miles NW, along hwy 218. way and I am a going Solomon Glisard invite to St Louis up Missouri to council Bluffs *26 I had to pay three bits *27 for ridin four teen miles and fifty

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cents supper and login and breakfast x I have got to primose *28 and it is mud anuff and it look like rain it has sprinkled some this afternoon we have got 15 miles from Charleston and have stoped to a privit house to stay all night

Sunday april the 11It is pleasant this morning, but the sun is in the west I am on the pretest prarie that I have seen yet I have

Also known as Kainsville at the time. Located along the mo. River on the very W. part of the state across from Omaha, Ne.

75 cents, a bit was a coin of 12 ½ cents.

About 8 miles NW of Charleston, along Hwy 2. seen more wild geass then I ever saw before on tis prarie and chickens without number there is not a tree to be seen but hoses in every direction I have got in site of timber but it is about as far as I can see it was pleasant all day

Monday april the 12It is plesant this morning we staied to a yanky house last night and I was took wit a diaree I got to Fairfield a bout 9 o clock and left a bout 11 o clock Fairfield is a pretty plase as I have seen in ioa

Tuesday morning the 13It is pleasant this morning I had to pay 20 cents for my supper and login it is 11 o clock and I am on the pretys prairie I ever saw in my life it desends to the south and east a little x east and west you may look as far as you have a mind to there is timber within to miles of this plase to be had for five dollars per acre and there is a good spring on it that never fails E J Oliver past Washington co. *29

Wensday morning 14It is plesant this morning and I am bond for fair field for to lay my warrant for I have found a plase that suits me I arieved in Fairfield about noon and boket it I left Fairfield about half past one I staid to Briton *30tow nights for 40 cents and had my breakfast both mornings I left fairfield a half past one and have met thirty californa and Oregon wagons *30 i

____________________________ He mentions E. J. Oliver a few times in his writing. He is going to file for the land in Brighton.

Brighton, Washington co., this is where he builds his mill, along the Skunk River.

the Calif. Gold rush is still going strong, and Oregon has going ten miles I stoped to a privet house for to stay I had venson for my siper and while I was eating ther was three dears come within 20 rods of the house and I went out within 7 or 8 rods of them before they run and their they hoisted their flags and run about twenty rods and stoped

Thursday the 15I have got to mount pleasant about 18 miles from where I staid last night and it is noon and I am tired anuff to sit down in the road I took the stage about two o clock for Burlington *32 and arrived in Burlington a bout six o clock in the evening on South Bristol Kenosha Co Wis *33

________________________________ begun to attract settlers.

Burlington, Iowa, a port city along the Miss. River.

The South Bristol is probably a steamer

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Friday the 16

It has rained all the morning it rained till a bout noon and then it broke a way and cleared off and was pretty cold I left Burlington at eight o clock in the morning and rode till three the next morning and it was pretty bad going we did not have to pry the sage out but onse.

Saturday the 17It is fair this morning we left knoxvile *34 a bout eight o’clock in a mud wagon for peora I arieved in peora a bout midnight and took the amaronia for bucell *35 and got there a bout

which he booked, and is headed for Kenasha, Wis.

Knoxville, Ill. Daniel is going by stage of mud wagon to Peoria, Ill. Knoxville is along Hwy 74, just outside of Galesburg, Ill.

Cannot locate a present site of Bucell, he is traveling along half past 7 o’clock and took the red bud pocket for Chicago Sunday morning and got to south port *36 about noon and started for uncle john and got there about dark

Sunday mor the 18It was pleasant all day I took a steam boat for south port and got there about one o’clock and started for uncle johns I got there a little before dark and found them all well

Tuesday morning 20th

the Illinois River to Chicago.

South Port would be a port in the neighborhood of Kenosha, Wis. Uncle John Pickens, his fathers brother, lived in Bristol, Wis. Just inland from Kenosha. It is cloud and wet this

morning and it look rather bad it was bad wet all day

Wensday the 21It is cloudy this morning x I have bin out with uncle john to see his farm and liket well I had a small chill in the afternoon

Thursday the 22It is pleasant all day and looks like a pleasant day tomorrow I going to start for home and mary *37 is comin with me

Friday morning the 23It was plesant this morning and wet we started for south port about six o’clock in the morning and got there about ten and took a boat to chicogo

Saturday the 24Mary Pickens would have been his cousin and going to see her grandparents and families in N.Y.

I left new buffalo *38 in the even for Detroit and got there about for o’clock and took a boat for buffalo *39 it was pleasant all day

Sunday morning the 25It looks rather dismal this morning I had to go past home this morning I went within a mile of shore we was poundin around in the ise all night some of the folks was pretty bad scart robinson hall O J Campell

July the 17th

New Buffalo, Mich., along the SE shore of Lake Mich., just across the Indiana border, along Hwy. 94.

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Buffalo, N.Y. along the N.E. Shore of lake Erie.

I am in the woods about ½ mile from Mr. foxis siting on a log thinking about home

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Alvin Eddy *40 deter to take three hogs $11 50 pork 23 pounds and 6 oz at 8 cts 2 35 10 pounds greas 00 30 three dollars lard money 3 00

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _13.8 due 17.45 the amount due paid twenty two and 85 cents paid

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _3 days work intrest due on a note against Errin Eddy *41 is six dollars and thirty five cents

6 pound of butter 11 pounds and 7 ox of butter

1 and 5 oz paid_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Nasha Logue has got whiskey to sell for 50 cents per gallon

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Alvin S Eddy, a brother of Jeanett Eddy.

Aaron Eddy, an Uncle?

Work C W Smith 3 days and ½ 2 68 ½

3 days 2 25 1 day 75

5 68 ½ paid 5 63 ½ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

WilliamThey have bin in the pastur 10 days September the 3 took them out the 5 put them in 9 weeks pasturing

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Receit for making three minnit Salve for 1 pund of cruid potash

1 oz borax charcoal to color brownthe potash to be pulverized to put in a vesal covered with a wet cloth until mouldered then as the borax and coal

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I commenced to eat

Dinner to Mr . SmithThe 11 of June

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11*]12]13*]14*]15*]16*]17*]18*]19*20*]21*]22*]23*]24*]25*]26*]27*]28*29*]30_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ July- - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

a horse rake with head 8 feet 6 in the teeth 6 inch from center to center length of teeth 4 ft arm 3 feet handle 4 and 3 arms 4 apart 16 teeth

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for makin wine of currents three gallons of water to 6 galon of whiskey to 5 galon of the guse to 2 pound of shugar to 1 galon of whiskey and then put it in a veel with the bung out and let stand 2 or three daus till it is done formenting then drane it off in bottles and put a lump of loaf shugar in each bottle

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I commenced to board to Mr Foxis Friday june the 11, 1852

Left off bording to mr foxis july the 12Commenced to work for Wilson june the 11 1852

July the 16, 17, 18_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Daniel Pickens to east by Willson 1200 dpt

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A horse rake 8 feet and 6 feet and 6 head 16 teeth 3 arm 4 handle arms 4 feet apart

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _at ten shilling a day 50 or by the month 59

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Sunday July the 17, 1852I am in the woods about a half mile from where I board if I could come home as quickly as I could go to the plase where I bard I think I should see you pretty soon but I must go to my boarding plaise a gain but it is a lonesome plase for me but they are clover folks a nuff

July the 5(Some erased)

A Sabbath day journey is 3500 feet. *42

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Bought of david Morison 374 of hemlock at 4 dolars thousand

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _September 23 1853

There was some mathematical figuring, Daniel was apparently reading the bible and figuring the extent of a law that forbid the Jews form traveling about on their Sabbath.

Paid for stave and pipe

2 98

1 pig 2 00lent 75lent 5 00balance of 10 75

went

Horse Shainys 87

David Mattoson goats horse Meirtla Matison says that the horse so is noo 1 50 dolars 100/18

A good log split fense the horse pig s inside

Elius matoson an I saw the boy offer them gum for goats 10 or 20 Mc Kllelen

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O S Pickens be 3 pounds of nails 15_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

A receipt for to cure a bone sprain½ oz cryve suplament½ oz Spanish flies½ oz of quick silver

put it in one ounse of spirits of turpentine mic it to gether puverise the flies and suplament to gether put it all in to two ounses of hogslard it is then to be put on three times a day for a week

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ April the 8, 1853 one 75April 10 .2 2 00April 17 4 3 75 17 2 1 50 1 75 00 40 3 75 5 60 1 75 6 00

1 00 18 00 1 00 1 86 73 1 00 4 20 1 70 2 50 24 79 15 00

39 99 40 00

4000 80 00 20 00

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _O S Pickens dz 1 bushel of aples to lash paid 1. to lash 25

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O S Pickens lent buck wheat flour 20 lbs

1 baking powder 12 ½

1 bushel of aples(signed) O S Pickens

Daniel PickensApril the 9 1853 was in A. the

(over written on page?)

[enthu St us um - - Saty our]

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A small piece of tablet stuck in pages reads-

Got marchin orders at five o’clock struck and marched six miles then camped for the night in a bottom

Monday the 19, 1863Marched two miles to bear creek camped till the pioneer core cood put a bridge across the creek struck our tents for the night- -

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ April the 19, 1853

20 for towels 50in wage 25

April 20For lodgin and

Breakfast 1 00For fair and luggage

24 20for fruit 1 20from chigo to purue

3 00Chicogo for board and

Breakfast 4 _ _ _ _ 37 15 20_ _ _ _ 57 15

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for cabin passage on the

illinoise river 12 00

from st louis to Burlington iowa 8 00

From Burlington toMount pleasant 4 45

The balance 7 75_ _ _ _ _ 61 25

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April the 25 1853Planted 8 ½ acres of corn sowed 3 acres of buckwheat the June 25 finished my corn the 16 day of July

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July 24th I commensed cutin my timber_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

township 74 N. at range 8

N East of quarter of North west quarter section 18

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No W qer of N. E. isle

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So Se We qtr of sout West qtr

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 56 of nails 6 ¼ 3 5415” do 7 ½ 1 122 coare Hundly 25 502 pr Buts 12 ½ 251” do 10 105 of nailes 30

6 06_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Siding 800 feet 10 00Floring 300 3 75Sheeting 400 3 008 joise 100 1 00

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lin 300 3 00 walnut 77 77

bought of braiden

bought 70 70 21 52

6 06the hole amount 28 35_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _worked for braiden to days and ½ 2 ½ credt

1853 one note the fifteen of november due Ezekill eddy *43 that note paid

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bought of James faries

1 pound of buter cit

12 ½ 1 pound 2 ou 121 pound 18

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April the 28 185436)

Ezekial Eddy, father of Lucy Jeanette Eddy, Daniels wife.

I planted 4 acres of corn may the 9 and 10 planted 11 acres of corn it comensed raining may the 13

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Sould 1 watch 2.12 ½ Paid for buying a watch 62 ½ For one watch crystal 25For 1 key 5_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

December the 29 1854Bought 1 sirsingle 251 martin 251 pensil 05to Briton 50S h Durfy 65J reitrel 60US Hotill 100

Bought cheese and

Crackers 55J Bever Secont

Night to mk bever

Bought 1 pair ofMittings 501 plot 40_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _4 day of January 1853

3 night to mr bever 4 night covers 1 00 Jacob burlen 50 Leny george 60William Pickens SecondTrip our west 5 45_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Peter to (E K) Eddy *44 to 2 ½ days of work digin well

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gamon for hauling lime

25“ “ “ 25“ “ “ 1 00“ “ “ 25

1 75 50

for hauling barets

2 25_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

William Pickens

To 2 ¾ side meat

Meat 674 ½ side 3026 round ham 2 08

3 05Dr by cogh 50

3 55_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Credit by work on the Stem 5 00_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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for sheete iron $ 15

for leather and

trapas not paid 1 751 paper of tacks 10for hoop iron not paid

93for 1 drill not paid

10for iron not paid 80two half bushel 2 00_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Possibly Ezekial Eddy, Father of Jeanett.

For sives paid 5 00For one sledge“ 1 75for seeter iron 40

“ 40for one sledge

for two boxes 75

127 88_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _H Williams credit 1 25

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _3 inch floring plank 19 feet long width of planks

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18 16 1414 13 12

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ No 1 Snow peach

2 winter greening3 Sapson4 Punkin swat5 Pecks plasant6 Red cheak and caloor peach7 Maden blush

The second rol1 cruford late peach2 Honest John peach3 Plumb4 Do5 Almon6 Golden sweat

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On Sparksmans ties(Following would be a long list of numbers which would mean nothing here)

Sparksmans ties 325 on Sparksmans 325 ties on Wards 203 ties on Pacemans 53 ties

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ third row

1 tree plumb2 peach golden ?haireye3 Holond pipin4 red Harvesforth row

1 peach Noblese2 Summer biws3 E H bury russet5 niustrous pampoon peach6 Red gilliflour lat tree 20 ounse_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 inch plank for the bridge in town with of plank

17 11

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19 1516 2115 1613 2117 1817 1721 1510 1417 14 9 1818 2314 1523 15

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ jams bricktailor 16.740

A E grifethSteeple 8 50: 8 40Mr Humpridge 3 00Machsy 8 55Daniel Worton 8 00_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

July the 3William Warurick sand 1111 1111

Daniel Pickens

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July the 4

Yums brick drawn by E painDrawn 12790By t Reynolds 8620By b tailor 8744By j parker 7578By t Carter 10069By R jenings 3000

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _the amount of gums brick is 119450

the amount of Robert Wilson bricking 42171

the amount of William winslow brick is 35320 the hole amount of brick delivered July the 17 1852 is 187711

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I commensed to board to Mr Youngman July 13 14 + 15

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _m / t / w / t / f / s / s

14 20 21 22 23 24 25

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for making wine of currents three gallons of water to 6 galons of currents bring them well to gether and then strain it through a hair sive then as one gallon of whiskey an 2 galon an 2 pounds of shurgar to 5 galons of the guise and then put it in a cast with the bung out and let it stand till it is done formenting put the bung in and let it stand 6 weeks and then bottle it put a lump of loaf shugar in each

1 ½ ou spirits of wine 1 ½ ou of tincture of steel ½ ou ofcorrosive sublimate

1 ½ ou of swet spirits of mitre 1 ou of blue viterol ¾ ou of metric acid one quart of soft water for case hadening put in of potash for soldering iron Salmoniae

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October the 11 1853Paid 2 00Paid 50

Emons Sanders

Started back to New York State the-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

September the 11 1853For value received I promise to pay Daniel Pickens or baror seven dollars and fifty sents by the twenty fifth of December with use (Signature torn out)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Several blank pages and a couple of pages with some figures of math figures.

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When this you see Remember me Tho many miles apart

I will as true remember you and place you to My heart Pricilla

To love and obey I freely w’d say WhenWhen ere my heart I bequeathAs soo Ide be hung when I tie withMy toung what I cannot Unite with my teeth

When this you See remember me

May the rose

Of true friendship flourish around

Youre cot long after

Your friend

Is forgot

I F Eddy

*45

When this you see Remember me tho Many a mile we distance be forget me not til younder sun shall set -

Forever

Isreal F Eddy_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

February the 10 1855Isreal Fisk Eddy, brother of Jeanette.

Lent to mr par paid Paid 10 00

Lent to mr Cushman x 10 00 at ten percent Lent to mr Kraugh 40 00 at ten per cent

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January the 10 1854

Killed one pig that weid 144_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

November the 20 1853Bought one wagon for 22 ½ dollars

One cinch pin 10One wheel rimed 23x dr paid 1 40one tire set 22 50one box 154 washers 25

24 90_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ North west qtr of sec 28 town 75 W Range 8 W South west quarter of sec 21

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ South west of the north East q of section 18 town 74 on range 8 w

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ west half of the north East quarter of sec 32 town 75 n Range 8 w

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(Loose page)

A E griffitBrick June 30th 4 loadsJuly the 1

Daniel Peloss 285 205 acres of land at thirty dollars per acre

W hamon 30 acres at 133 houland 78 at 10 ½

Elvin Eddy 40 acres of land at 22 per acre

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Note on Loose page)Daniel Pickens EavensErie Co. N Y

O S Pickens is born this day –

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ September the 18, 185-

For value received I promest to pay Daniel Picknes or bare seven dollars and fifty cents with in one year from date

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Siden 4 00Florin 2 00Stripes 1 00Asihpecies 50Firamin timbers 3 00

10 00_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 dolar and 20 cents from haridin twenty miles

5 dolars for 100 miles1 dolar for 90 miles3 dolars for 100 miles8 dolars for 100 miles 15 port to dunkirk

deck passage the single estate_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Receipt for a spaven

Can hardies 2 ouCrorrosive Sublmate’s3 drachsturpentine 3 outincture of iodine 2 ouGum Euphorbine ½ ouMercurial ointment 4 ou

Mix well two pounds Lard cut the are of the spavin then put it on the spavin then put it on in two days Greas with Lard then wash it off then put the ointment on a gain and repeat every two days.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 qt alcohall1 ou organam oil1 “ cloves3 drams Camphire2 ou Laudnam1 “ ? harts horns1 ½ pint alcohol1 ou comphire gum2 tincture armature¼ ou organuna1 ou of Spike2 pulverized borax1 ou oil of hemlock

2 ou britch oil_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for trips for gamon to dutch by wagonat one and fifty cents a trip

1 trip a receipt for a weld steel3 pounds of borax12 ou Salmonac8 ou potash8 rosin

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wheat oats $

I. F. Eddy 53 2.65J Smith pd 54 74 4.92Bordeman 43 2.65Polock x 12 ½ pd 62W. Bidwel 11 55Howthorn 21 79 3 –Turke pd 115 20 5.00E. F. Reives pd 35 1.7-Vanwagener tole 1.24

Pd 6.00Hodle pd 100 3.00A Parks pd 12 36T Strickling pd 65 3.25D Manes 59 3.35A Msenthorn 33 1.65A Msenthorn 47 2.35W Shaw pd 50 150 3.00I Sark 21

20 4.50 48.47

Oats wheat

W. Middeelton 104 85 7.37

Polock

Pd 62 3.10

DonavenPd 55 3.00

Hicks

48 3.00Emerine

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26 73 ½ 4.43Dewese

16 51 3.03Reives

Pd 100 3.00Hicks

25 98 5.68Townsley

248 158 13.10S Wood

Pd 68 28 3.44Wilks

Pd 105 168 11.55R. Ppeasley

40 60 4.20Roads

156 pd 7.80Thorne

200 110_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

P. PickensComenced north august the 27, 1859 1 weeke 3 days 2.5 w 3 weeks . . 4 weeks for note

Settled up to march 27, 1858 Due P W Pickens I. O U paid Philo Pickens 9.00

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Due Philo up to august the 27, 1859 due 4.18 paid for Philo two notes 16.60 for one pair of boots 5.00

For Dille robinson 1.25 For Sundries bought for philo 8.12

For one pair of boot 3.50For camphire 30For account 8.25

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Cash Dr January 23 paid for making a deede

A More 50Feb the paid 7.50

For corn of reives

1 pound of saltery 10¼ pound of tea 2027 for salt 25 for soap 25for camphire 30for fluid 25

28 paid John Frey on fur

plasetern 3.00

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John Spielman Sr

To saw in plank for road

8.61

buck 348.95

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George Sinn Jr to Sawing 15.58Roth Sr to Sawing 8.46Henry Fauber Sr to

Sawing 4.79

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Stub Jr to sawing 6.50Ludwick Forden Sr toSawing 5.16_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Cash Received on roade workeT Searly 58S Mealey 2.28

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hauled 4 ½ cord of wood from tupers timber

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January the 1, 1859Got up in the morning and fired till noon and went to town and settled with White and give my note for 30 dollars Settled with Israel owed him 15 dollars and settled with Tracy owed him 11 dollars and then went up home.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ “ 2 Sunday come to the mill

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“ 3 Monday got up and went to the timber and corked one of my horses and in the afternoon I went up to C. Hides and got a load of corn and went to Flugles and got a pig the other horse was taken sick going after the corn

January Tuesday the 4Skidded logs in the fore noon in the afternoon drawed logs in the evening helped with the wood chopper owed them 20 dollars my pig weighed 83 ½ pounds

Wensdaye 5 hauled 2 loade of wood and drawed on the lumber in afternoon I went 4 trips to the timber

Thursday 6Went 2 trips to the timber and ground 2 bushel of meal afternoon it snowed and I fixed my sled

Friday the 7 (Crossed out)

got up at night and sawed till daylight then went 3 trips to the timber in the forest and 4 trips

Friday 7Went 3 trips after wood and one trip after logs in the afternoon went 4 trips after logs.

Saturday 8

Got up at midnight and sawed till day and then went 3 trips to the timber in the forenoon in the afternoon went after 1 load of wood.

Sunday 9Went over to Brewery and got some beer

Monday 10

Got up to the shop and got the tow dogs Sharpened hauled of timber and got 1 load of wood

Wensday 12Got up at midnight sawed till daylight then hauled 2 loads of wood and went to Saldosier to see a beaf and hauled 2 logs

Thursday 13Got up at midnight and sawed 1 loge and bent the saw and quite drawed off the lumber till noon sawed both bolts till for o clock then ground 1 ½ bushels of meal fired till midnight 14 Friday rained and snowed all day fired till midnight

Saturday 15Went up to John Townshins and killed a beef shot him fore times and did not kill him got hom at dark hands went to town bloed up at for oclock in the morning

Sunday 16 Cleaned the boiler

Monday 17

In the fore noon pumped it up and comensed firing up in the afternoon went to the timber and helped build a skidway.

Tuesday 18Got up at midnight and fired till noon went to begle to tell him that I cold not get thte money for him

Wensday 19

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Got up at midnight and fired till mornigh and then went to So buffalo bought 11 pound of taboco went to Raldosur and bought 139 pounds of flour at 3 ½ per pound got home at one oclock and the consable was there frank brother had sued me for 38 dollars

Thursday 20Got up in the morning went up to the shop and fired the bull we al got back home at noon in the afternoon fired up Richard George brought a bill of lumber to be filled had a little shake

Friday 21In the morning went one tripe t the timber got 1 load of wood cut a road round the hill in the fornoon in the after noon helped Luther on Load 1 load of hay sold 1 yoke sick for 40 went one trip to the timber got 1 load of wood 22 got up at midnight maid up our minds that it was to cold to work went to bed again got up at 7 oclock done my chores and sat by the fire the rest of the day.

Sunday 23 Went over the river to town staid all night

Monday 24 Went to Washington to get some money did not get any come back to toms staid all night

Tuesday 25Got up in the morning went to mashall got lost got back ot toms staid all night

Wensday 26Come home in the fornoon in the afternoon I helped about the mill till night

Thursday 27Worked about the mill it rained all day

Friday 28

Worked about the millSaturday 29

In the fornoon wet to the beer shop and did not get any beer come back and tried jack in the frame it was to shorte I maide it longer

Sunday 30Staid to home

Monday 31

Went to the timber and cut logs with the dutch man in the forenoon in the afternoon blaised the line through

Tuesday the 1, 1859Shod the oxen in the fornoon in the afternoon went to the timber sawed logs went to manns in the evening and got 21 pounds of flour

Wensday 2Went to the timber helped load logs and helped cut logs all day

Thursday 3Went to the slew and fixed bridge in the forenoon in the afternoon went to the timber and hauled on it 3 logs and hauled 1 home and blocked out a yoke stie

Friday 4Got up in the morning and finished my yoke and then my shead bris 1000 feete of plank and solde 1 loade to the flormaker for 15 cents got a small bill to fill of frogly Sun and am to get some flour of him

Saturday 5

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Went to L Jordens and bought 65 pounds of meate at 8 cents per pound in the afternoon went to frogley and got 152 pound of flour and 75 pound of buckwheat flour got 48 for myself of buckwheat at 2 ½

Sunday 6Said to home and shod my sled and had the back ache all day

Monday 7In the morning went to trips to the timber and got loges with the sled in the forenoon afternoon went with the wagon 2 trips

Tuesday 8Went one trip to the timber with the sled and got on tow butt in the afternoon staid in the yard in the afternoon

Wensday 9Plaid checkeres in the forenoon in the afternoon went to German town and got ½ pound salertries and went to hesh bergers and got 7 pounds of meat

Thursday 10Got up at midnight and got up with Luther in the morning went to town and got the doctor for luther sold 5 loade of lumber went to shopus and got ½ barell of cloute

Friday 11, 1859It snowed in the night about 3 inches it snowed about all the forenoon some I went 4 trips to the timber got for les for sevas boarde kilt in the afternoon went to see Jacob George to get his catle to get some big logs in and helped load

Saturday 12 1859Got up and took the bulls and went ot the timber and drived one log and went back

again and loaded another and broke the sled and in the afternoon went and maid a liserd and loaded the log on it and drawed it to the bridge and put it in the drink and left it there to rot lisarde and all

Sunday the 13 1859Got up nine oclock and went to the brewery and got a gallon ful of beer for Luther tomas Reives come down and staid all night

Monday 14In the forenoon maid a sled and went to the timber

Tuesday 15Went to the timber with the horse and brought a big log

Wensday 16Went to georges and got 172 ½ pounds of meat for the company

Thursday 17Went to town with lumber and got 10 bushell of corn got home at dark

Friday 18, 1859In the forenooni wint to the shop and got ruben and john sod in the afternoon I went and measured logs for mcguire he had 159 feet to 159

Saturday 19Cut both in the forenoon and in the afternoon fired

Sunday 20Helped silas put his floring in the kill and plaid cards till night

Monday 21, 1859In the forenoon I finished the kill in the forenoon in the afternoon fired went to

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the timber and got a load of wook for to take to town for Luther

Tuesday 22In the fornoon throwed water on the fitman crak in the afternoon went to bensen and got five dollars of Curtis for co.

Thursday 24In the forenoon went to the shoe shop to get running boots taped at one oclock it comensed snowing and in the evening it snowed harder

Friday 25It is snowing yet is 10 inches on the level it has snowed all day but the spells went to the timber in the forenoon in the afternoon went to gunmanville *46 with 4

Cannot find town by that name existing today, may have disappeared or changed names. Horses and got 6 pounds saltery it had thawed a little all day

Saturday 26, 1859In the forenoon mr munn has tore down the wall to the boiler down in the afternoon Philo and myself went to mr flyers after hay and got it all home at night got up Sat up till midnight

Sunday 27, 1859It snowed like the devil about one our then it cleared of and it was fair all day

Monday 28, 1859Went 2 trips to the timber and got wood in the afternoon got corn to Wagess 18 bushels at 50 cents

March the 1, 1859 TuesdayFair day fixed the wagon box Minhart finished the arch it thundered hard Luther come down and Vildy and sum

settled up we gave our note to widow Roberson for 350 to wilder for 5

Thursday 3Went to town to get a rist turned for the mill it cost 50 for fixing it and my expenses nows 75 cents the ice went out of the river last night

Friday 4Come home from all allony today and it was pleasant all day lost one horse shoe that ice went out of the river

Saturday 5, 1859In the forenoon went ot the shop and shoed one horse and went to cris shopping from there to reedes farn there to fogles from there to german town form there to Shafers and got 104 pounds of flour paid him 3 dollars and to get the rest in flour

Sunday the 6Staid to home all day setle with fogle he owed me 8 dolars 31 paid 3 dollars due 5:31

Monday 7, 1859Got up in and fired up till noon and wawed 50 feete in thee afternoon sawed al it broke the kee went to the shop to get it fixed got gack and sawed one lofe and cuit rained all day Tuesday got up fired all day the river is oute of banks Rained all night and all day

Wednesday 9 Got up fired up and started and run a few lines and the flywheel got loos and it bothered all day we had to cut anew key sink for to

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Thursday 10

I got up fired in the new key sink tore our bothered till noon in the afternoon yet it ha rained snowed all day by spells

Friday 11, 1859Got up and fired u it has run well today sawed 27 logs they maid 3200 feet snowed by spells all day

Saturday 12Got up and fixed the drum and fired up and ground 6 bushell of corn then sawed one log that maid 96 feet fixed the track

Sunday 13Got up and maid a buckboard tung filed the crank head boxes

Monday 14It rained hard in the night in the morning it was cloudy and colde it snowed by spells all day Luther and Silas come down got here at noon in the afternoon we sawed 970 feet.

Tuesday 15It was fair all day I fired Silas sawed a 800 went to the bug shop and got 1 galon beer I Pickens

Wensday 16Got up fire up sawed 2600 feet it was fair all day

Thursday 17It rained in the later part of the night in the forepart of the day it snowed the later part of the day had the ague in the afternoon

Friday 17Got up Silas had fired up sawd all day it was cloudy and windy all day eggs

Saturday 18

Got up fired up it was fair in the morning it has been fair all day we ground 15 bushell of corn and 1 bushell buckwheate ground 1 half bushel corn

Sunday 19Went to pleasant bought some hay paid six dollars for it

Monday 20

Pleasant Plain abt 5 miles SW of Brighton

Tuesday 21

Fired all day it was clear Tuesday fired all day it was clear

Wendsday 22Fired all day it was clear Thursday fired up in the morning it ws cloudy and col al day stoped sawin at 3 oclock sold 25 cents worth lumber

Friday 24Cloudy and cold in the morning it was cold all day I did not do any thing

March 1859Saturday 25

Got up at 6 oclock in the morning fired up ground 3 bushel of corn and two bushel for the dutch it was warm mrs Purshall moved to town Philow went up with a loade for Wiliam Terall

END OF VJOL IDaniel Pickens Diary

Vol IISept the 23, 1862 – Feb 25, 1864

Keok, Iowa

Sep the 23, 1862

Tuesday 23

In the morning went to town to get some money changed but I could not get aney changed less than fifty cents on a dollar you must trade out 50 cents or you cant

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get any change you cant by aney-thing with a bit *47 ithout bying 50 cents worth of something

Tuesday 23In the afternoon I went to town *48 to help loade the solders clothing there was about 11 loads of clothing and blankets

Wensday 24, 1862Cook today I have got my breakfast out of the way the dress cots have come I will have to go and get mine in the after got my pants

a bit was an amount of money equal to 12 ½ cents.

Daniel volunteered in Brighton, Iowa, went to Washington and there to Keokuk where they must have formed a large regement.

had to upt them to go on dress perade it is cool this evening

Friday 26 1862

Come of guarde at ten oclock there was

pance is a phonetic spelling of pants, where possible I have left the spelling and words as originally appearing the diary.

It is left to the reader to enjoy and understand much of his words and meaning. In some instances I had to take the liberty to clarify his words or to try and figure what he wrote, as some of pages are light, or otherwise very difficult to read.

Daniel had an aunt Reuby Eddy who married a Wood. She was the sister Lucy Jeanette Eddy, his mother. Ruby is

hereafter found to be a family name. batalian drill in the forenoon in the afternoon we formed into a batalian and marched down town to see the 23 regement on dress perade they looked first rate we peraded up there we made a rite pretty time

Saturday 27, 1862In the forenoon went down town to get my bounty *51 but did not get any we got our dog colars and drawers and shoes in the fore noon in the afternoon went to town to get my bounty but cold not get it the boys got fuel at eight oclock in the evening I got a leter *52 tis evening from home was glad to here from you

Sunday 28 1862*51 - A government premium designed to encourage enlistment in the military service.

*52 - Letters from and to home were an important issue for Daniel, he must have dearly loved his family.

In the forenoon went to the river *53 to wash my towel and stockins it looks like rain this forenoon in the afternoon staid around the camp it sprinkled today when we was on dress perade we had the armey regulation was read to us for the first time sense we had the guarde house full for the first time

Monday the 29, 1862

It is a fogy morning and looks like rain there is to be a new selection this morning I am for guarde duty today they put in moses Tarker *54 i was on guarde today it was plesant all day it was darke night there is a good maney here nowadays briges *55 wife is here

Most the names refered to are not capitalized and the best guess for the

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correct name and spelling is a guess. Today I got my 27 dolars *56 today

Tuesday 30 1862On guarde this morning we harde a shower as I ever see in a half ower the lighting struck one of the shantys and nocked down some of the men doctor Suiley started for home at noon in the afternoon the boys went to town to here Wilson speeke it is wet this asfternoon wet all night

October the 1, 1862 Wensday

It is wet this morning Thorn and eddy and Washignton Snyder is going home lent twenty five dollars by hime it has bin wet all day Janett *57 come down just at darke we went over to a vacant house and staid all night she

Bridges is a name which is refered to on other occations, a friend from home.

Bounty paid for joining army.

Lucy Jeanett Eddy Pickens , Daniels wife.thought that it was a harde plase to stay

October 2, 1892 ThursdayIn the morning went to my plase than I went after the doctor he came over to see her then he said that she must keep still today she has bin sic pretty gad all day so she cold not set up at all the doctor come over in the evening to see her he said that she was beter.

Friday Oct 3, 1862

We had a harde rain in the night in the morning Janett wasn’t any beter I went over after the doctor I was sick myself in the afternoon she got better it was a pretty day but she could not come out in the ground at all

Saturday 4, 1862 October

Janett started home this morning she was not well anuf to go out she thought she had better go when she had a chance to go I have bin on drill this forenoon on double quick drill for the first time it went pretty well on dress perade than went to town got some stuff for folks and a pair of suspender

Sunday October 5, 1862

I cook today it is a pretty this forenoon got beans fore diner and super in evening at super it comenzed raining 7 oclock and raining yet considerable rain in the night

Monday October the 6, 1862

In the morning there was a fire in town at fore oclock in the forenoon we had a skirmish drill in the afternoon there was another fire in the afternoon in the weat part of the city it has bin a pretty day anymore than windy it was that burnt

Tuesday 7 1862

Bin on drill today it has bin clear but windy as thunder sent a leter by White Sonaven and three rings *58 the one for you had no stones on it rains in the night a little

October Wensday 8, 1862

It is raining this morning I went to the doctors and got two powders one to take right after the other when my bowels moved it has rained all day we did not have to drill but the boys had to stand guarde there overcoats did not wet rough there was one died out of the thirty six regiment he was buried today in the rain

Oct Thursday 9, 1862

It is raining this morning it has bin a wet dya today I staid around camp all day in the evening I got a leave of absence for

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fore days to go home started the 11 I have to return on Tuesday before role call

Oct Friday 10, 1862

Daniel must have sent a ring for each of his two daughters and his wife. Dau. Mary Jane, aged 11 and Ida Ann age 5 at this time. Started for home at 7 ½ oclock got to the sumet *59 at ten got to fromington *60 at 11 ½ then I got a team to haul 7 of us for 2 dollars to Fairfield *61 then; five oclock home got home at about 8 oclock in the evening it was a cool day to travel I found bailes *62 here

Summitville, Iowa, about 7 miles for Keokuk.

Farmington, Iowa, along the Des Moines River about 32 miles by way of the roads, from Keokuk.

Fairfield, Iowa is about 36 to 40 miles from home in Brighton.

Bailes was a partner of Daniel who was left in charge of the mill, he was suppose to have taken care of Daniels family, as far as a share of earning s were to have gone to them. Instead he sold most of the equipment to worke on the horizon mat

Saturday 11, 1862Stayed to home all day Israel *63 was her to day Bailes put up our mil then he went home after darke we tried the mill it worked pretty well

Sunday 12, 1862

In the morning went to square mores to fix some book act then went to Policks then to Streeters *64 tried to traid with him but cold not then went to Oranges and got my diner was Delia was here to

and Israel then went home Israel an Dealin Wilder and Disbery come up we

And ran up bills before skipping the country.

Israel Fisk Eddy, the brother-in-law of Daniel.

Streeter would play another role in the family, as it was Lon Streeter who was the minister whom Janett later went with and married. Had a little Deila *65 exploded

Monday 13, 1862Staid to home today in the afternoon went to Charles cramers wifes funeral then went to Mrs polmatier and eat super then went to Mr camptins to a boat *66 going back to camp it has bin pretty weather sinse I have bin three harde frosts sinse; come home

Tuesday 14, 1862

Started for camp Lincoln *67 come with

Delia was the sister of Daniel, she may have been married to one of the mentioned persons, she later married Isreal Eddy, the brother of Lucy Janett.

Probably took a small boat on the Skunk river to the Mississippi, a much easier way than taking the roads. River travel was a popular method of travel for the times.

President Abraham Lincoln, may have also referred to his Captain Lieutenant Smith brought a team to the sumit there wet took the cares *68 got to the camp at nine oclock it was a pretty day today Ephraim Meintyse died today they took him to the cares at night Colonel Baker got here at night

Wensday 15, 1862

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It is rather cool this morning I have to go on guarde today the boys that died yesterday was took home this morning one was David Carter the other Ephraim Meintyre colonel Baker went to bloomfield *69 to there was three corps started from here together

Thursday 16, 1862

Come off guarde at nine oclock then had to Joseph Smith, commander of his company.

Probably referring to the Rail cars which were being used by the armies.

Bloomfield, Iowa, about 20 miles south of Ottumwa. About 60 miles from Keokuk. Cook diner boiled cabage beefe and porke and potatoes had a first rate diner there was another man died in the hospital last night in the afternoon I went out on battalion drill come in at sundown bridge had maid a mush and bought a gallon of milk we had a first rate super to ten wash dishes.

October, Friday 17, 1862It is cool today and plesant on company drill this forenoonin the afternoon was a battalion drill the colonel drilled us had dress perade this evening there was a goode many women out to see us

Saturday 18, 1862

It has bin a pretty day today we had no drill today onley dress perade I went to the river *7 to look for a musle shell but cold not find one to suit me so I come back to where the captins were shooting at a marke *70 the colonel

Must remember that they were using muskets, beate them all bad he nit the board ten times out of twelve

Sunday 19, 1862

It is plesant day today we were all expected in the forenoon in the afternoon we had dress perade there was more laides out then there was men they looked nise then formed a line in front of us the ladies all turned out

Monday 20, 1862

On guarde today is nice today it looks like rain today it is warm to day our guns come today theis are a mukets they wont be opened till tomoro the boys think that we will starte wensday but is not certain when we will go

Tuesday 21, 1862

I was took sick this morning have bin pretty sick all day the doctor come in the __________________________ a mark may have been a notched board where they tried to place the ball as close to the center of the notch as possible. Evening four pills they affected in the next morning. 22 laid in my bunk all day had high fever and coff they thought I was taking the measles *71

Thursday 23, 1862

We have got marchin orders our orders are to be redy in an our to march there was lively times till they got ready then have bin lively all day hoping and hollering they drawed there three days rations and cooked them and was to be redey irley in the morning _______________

It is interesting to note through the trials of Daniel that most of his hospital time was due to illness, most of that diarreah. It is difficult today to imagine the deaths which occurred due to simple diseases, and how ignorant they were of general sanitation. More deaths which Daniel talks about are from disease than all the military actions he was in.

Friday 24, 1862

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At three oclock in the morning the boys got up and tied there budgets up and put them on there backs got there guns on there shoulders said they was redy they tore around till noon then the doctor started me with 3 others to the hospital there they took me up three flite of stairs there I had a first rate room and bed by myself

Saturday 25, 1862

Staid all night to the hospital at nine oclock started for the boate the colonel told me to go and get in the cabin and waite till the regement come they got loaded andd started about noon and it was a boad to the guarde the sick boys and ofisers was in the cabin the name of the boat is John Warnere

Sunday 26, 1862

Slep on the cabin floor with about four hundred more and a pretty tite plise I had to as soon as it got lite anuff to see the doctor said I must have a birth and stay there till I got to town then he wood get a ambulance and take me to the hospital after the reste was gon he come with his wagon and took me and another man by the name of Gregg he had the enciplas *72

Monday 27, 1862

Pretty cusid sick today but the doctor come every two owers all night and gave the medicine himself he wood say parde how to fel I wood say 30 iowa vol and sometime something else it seemed like that there was twenty trying to pull the blankets off from me all of the time *73

Encephalitis, sleeping sickness, inflamation of the brain.

As we see in Daniels further writings, once a person went to the hospital for one thing, it was sure that they would

contract a variety of illnesses due to the lack of understanding cleanliness and germs in general.

Tuesday 28, 1862Found myself a little better this morning but not much going out had 50 pasages of the bowels before the doctor come aroung then he changed the medicine I have felt better since it is five now continued beter the rest of the day by the night I was fierce I cant tell all the sound but it was anuff *74

Wensday 29, 1862Have bin out two or three times in the back and looked out of the window when I felt like raising up but I feel awful weeke today

November 22, 1862, SundayLost time by being sick and sick yet so sick that I cant set up now I am a little worse today but nothing serious

Nov Monday 24, 1862Felt a little better this morning than I did yesterday the doctor ordered me some eges I had one fried last night and they got me the strongest cup of tea that I ever had in the morning I had my other eg fried and an extra cup of coffee the coffee was good for dinner I had a chicken giazard and a cup of milk cold that was all

No 26 Wensday 1862Had some toste today that was tast feel beter this morning it was a pretty day the pay master come in last night the boys that have got there descriptive notes are in good spirits they will get there money tomorrow they give so much tost today that I got pretty near sick of it

No 27 Thursday 1862

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Thanks giving day today I have received leter from home and answered it had beefe for diner and warmed up potatoes and bread and buter they went pretty well I am gaining as fast as can be expected with my disease the doc says tonight that ; gain slow but shure

No 28 Friday 1862I got up and went in to another room I feel beter to it has bin snowing today

Nov 29 SaturdayThe snow laid on all day it was plesant in the forenoon in the afternoon it clowded up I put on a damp shirt and I was afraid that I wood catch cold but I did not

Nov 30 Sunday 1862It is a pretty day here today there was a catholic priest died here today there was 56 nuns marched from the nunnery to the plase by a priest the plase where he died then there they come back pasted here they was all dressed in black

Dec 1 Monday 1862Got up on the dressed set up till super there was a catholic funeral there was 65 to horse cariges and 25 one horse cariges there was a bout 100 a foot with sashes around them and 200 a foot women follering the psesion bought a watch paid $1.35cents got my ay got 22.50 it is plesant today

December tusday 1862Got up in the morning set up all day feel pretty well had a fish ball for breakfast it has bin a sokey day here today

Dec 3 WensdayIt has bin a fair day to set up all day had warmed potatoes and fish ball for diner

live pretty well now helped wind bandages this afternoon

Dec 4 Thursday 1862It has bin another pretty day her I have bin out in the haul today bought me a blouse *75 paid 1 dolar for it

Dec 5 Friday 1862It has bin a fair day today I have walked looked of the window it is lonesome here to be locked up I cant get out till I get beter

Dec 6 Saturday 1862It has plesant today there was a lady he plaid on the accordion she plaid pretty well

Dec 7 Sunday 1862It has bin a pretty day today it is cool I saw some ladies seating on a little pond near the hospital they maid I git they run like old hands I saw some steam fire engines in the streets from window

Dec. 8, Monday 1862It was a plesant day today here I had the headache pretty bad and _________________________

A blouse would be a military shirt. Laid a bed the most of the time I went to the privey *76 and catched more cold and it maid me worse

Dec 9, Tuesday 1862It has bin another fair day I have bin a bed all day I have bin bed all day I have read a book called the dent misters of a life sene in new york I feel beter tonight.

Dec 10 Wensday 1862

Got two leters from home and sent one home with five dollars in it has bin a fair day today and warm

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Dec 11 Thursday 1862It was a warm pleasant day today.Dec 13 Saturday 1862It has bin a wet day today it looks lonesome to look out the streets are wet and mudy it thundered here today ____________________________

Privey would be a term for the outhouse, latrine, etc.

I don’t feel as well today as common

Dec 14 Sunday 1862

Got a leter and sent one home the leter was dated the 10 that I got it rained all day and thundered hard by spells

Dec 15 Monday 1862

It has bin cloudy today set my feete on the ground for the first time today sinse I come here tended the doors to the first that I have tried to do

Dec 16 Tuesday 1862

It is a fair day today there was 38 sickmen men came here today from Helena *77 there was some pretty sick there was 440 cjome up on boate 15 on there on there one man died before 8 oclock this evening that come they havnt got his name yet

Dec 17 Wensday 1862

The only Helena that I can find is Helena, Mo. In Andrew Co.

It is a fair day today clear but cool I moved back to my old room today I went out in the yard and picked three buckets with coal for to go more to fetch in

Dec 18 Thursday 1862

It has bin a pretty day here I have bin running around today it is lonesome here as thunder I am trying to help the nurses a little sent a leter home today

Dec 19 Friday 1862

It has bin a pretty day today here and warm wert to the kitchen for my diner for the first time sinse I come here feel pretty well today didn’t go down for my super for I did not feel well

Dec 20 Saturday 1862

It is peasant today and a little cool haere I am gaining as fast as I can got a leter from home and rote one but it wont go till tomoro

Dec 21 Sunday 1862

It was a warm plesant day here had meeting I was took with the diaree to day I don’t feel very well today sent a leter home today

Dec 22 Monday 1862

It is raining a little this morning noon it has cleared off and is warme there was 19 sent to there regiments this fore noon I have bin pretty sick today

Dec 23 Tuesday 1862

It is warm and pleasant today and looks like summer I feel a little beter today my diaree has stopped but feel pretty weeke yet

Dec 25 Thursday 1862

I am beter this morning it is clowdy and warm here as summer it has bin the dryist Christmas that I ever see in my life I commenced raining about sundown and rained and lightning all night and there was distant thunder

Dec 26 Friday 1862

The clouds are broken this morning warm as ever it cleared off before noon and was warm this afternoon don’t feel any beter this afternoon

Dec 27 Saturday 1862

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It is warm and plesant today here the grass is green looks like spring beter today went down to my meals today there was 15 more men from Springfield *78 last night they come about eight oclock

Dec 28 Sunday 1862

Had a shite frost last night for the first time in two weeks it is plesant today and warm today as ever and looks nise went up stairs yesterday there is fore flite I pretty near tiered out had a pretty good site of the sity it is a pretty big place when you come to see the ___________________________

55 Springfield Mo., county seat of Greene county, in southwest part of state.town it is larger than brighton

Dec 29 Monday 1862Worked in the kitchen today it tired me pretty bad come pretty near being sent off to the regiment it has bin another pretty day today feel pretty well

Dec 30 Tuesday 1862

It turned cold about 11 last night rained and snowed till morning then it snowed till 4 oclock then it held up but the ground was so warm that it melted as fast as I come don’t feel as well today helped some today

Dec 31 Wensday 1862

It frose a little ise last night it is pleasant this morning there was a man died in our room by the name of Noel Shafor he was from Indiana he had the diarea he got up not half our before he died himself and used the pot then laid down on the bed died without a struggle sent a paper home the Harper Weekley

January 1, 1863

It has bin a buisey day with me today there was to nurses went out and I tended to both of there flores it tired me pretty bad sent a paper home

January 2, 1863

It is raining this morning pretty bad I don’t feel as well as I did yesterday patient died at three oclock in the morning I was up most of the time

Jan 3 Saterday 1863

It has bin a warm day and clear here today still hepin in the kitchen went out in to the streete today with a bucket of ashes and rite back

Jan 4 Sunday 1863

We had a thunder shower here last night and a harde rain but it is clear and plesant this morning plesant all day feel first rate today wood like to be the home for a few days but cant live first rite now

January 5 1863Schofield Barox

Monday

Left the hospital today at ten oclock got to the barox at noon they had beens beef and potatoes there was no plates knifes nor forkes nor spoons to eate with so I had to eate with my fingers some of the boys had dishes with them but had none so I dun the best I cold for diner and super then went to bed it was a hard bed to what I had ben laying on

January 6 Tuesday 1863

Was pretty sick last night in the morning the doctor come and give me some medison had the headache all day pretty bad was pretty sick all night had rather hard bed to lay on one thickness of blanket on a pin board

January 7 Wensday 1863

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It is cool this morning I am beter this morning the dotor says that he shall send me to the regiment as quick as he can hope that he will

January 8 Thursday 1863

It snowed about one inch last night it thawess this forenoon it is cool this afternoon and we are on the diligent *79 for down the river it is pretty near sundown and we are here yet in the wharf waiting to start it is plesant and cool this evening

Jan 9 Friday 1863

It has bin cool all day it snowed so last night and was so fogy that they had to ley up we all went cabin below had to sleep on the flore them that cold get a chance to lay down them that cold not had to set up or lay rite side of the engine and slep pretty well

Jan 10 Saturday 1863

Rode all day got pretty tired passed several little towns but there wasn’t aney body to tell me the names of them

Laid up last night about darke started about

eligent was the name of a paddle wheeler, used to ferry the troops along the river. Five got to curo * half past 7 in the morning saw the first gunboat that I ever saw left curo at 12 1 oclock it was warm

Jan 10 Saturday 1863They fired up started at three oclock got to curo at 8 staid till 12 then started down the river got to Columbus *81 little before two saw the first ironclad boate at caro and the first big guns there was several at colombus *82 they left us there seash guns looked around town considerable there was

Cairo, at the very tip of Il. At the vergence of the Ohio and Mississippi River, across the border of Kentucky and Missouri. Has been traveling along the Mississippi River.

Colubus

Columbus, Ky., located along the Mississippi , about 60 miles north of the Tenn border, and 100 miles border, and 100 miles south of Paducah, Ky. Lots of bullets and shell s left here *83

Jan 11 Sunday 1863It has bin a pretty day here I went up to the fort it is a pretty solid looking plase there is some big guns planted on the forte one or two mortars some small bras canon there and lots of shells canesters and grape it looks like that it wood be a harde plasse to take but; don’t know much about it

Jan 12 Monday 1863

Got up at 2 ½ oclock and run all of the boats away from the wharf then went back to bed and lay till fore oclock then there come along the fred lorens *84 and lines got on to her and left 10 oclock down the river got to station no 10 at Samryl it is a pretty day but windy

Columbus Belmont Battlefield located here.

A paddle wheeler employed to transport the troops.

Got to forte pylon *85 tied up for the night it looks like a strong plase

Jan 13 Tuesday 1863

It has bin a warm day it looks like rain tonight got ot Memphis at ten tonight the forte till fore oclock then sent down the

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river they run around town till two clock then came up to fort pickern stain self was free to go in a boat tonight *86

Jan 30 Friday 1863

It has bin a pretty day here today I am getting beter pretty fast now but am pretty poor

Ft Pillow is in Tenn. North of Memphis about 100 miles, along the Mississippi River, in Lauderdale Co.

Daniel was apparently on a boat which was bown out of the water, he seemingly suffered at least head wounds. His symptoms suggest he was close to the point of an explosion. And yet I can walk around the room but that is all I can do my head is sore and my ear keeps ringing I am pretty near deaf now but I think that will get beter after awhile I have sent three leters home sinse I come today the rest before

Jan 31 Saturday 1863It has bin a cloudy and misty today here I am getting beter fast so I am up all day feel pretty well all but my head that hurting me pretty bad nothing new here that I know

Febuary 1 Sunday 1863

A fair day today but a little cool I feel pretty well today it has bin lonesome here today ther was meeting this evening in the warde there ws some more sick ones come in here to day one was pretty bad

Feb 2 Monday 1863

It is plesant this morning here and cool

At a hospital in Memphis Tenn. Bin blesant all day I am getting beter fast now but my head bothers me some yet

Feb 3 Tuesday 1863

Plesant and cool yet today I am gaining as fast as cood be expected feel first rate all but my head that is pretty bad there is 37 men in the same room that I am in some of them pretty sick the room is about 40 x 40 feete

Feb 4 Wensday 1863

Plesant in the forenoon in the afternoon snow fell about 3 inches deep it looks cold out dores this evening feel pretty well all but my head that keeps pretty bad

Thursday 5 1863

It snowed by spells all of the forenoon in the afternoon it broke away and the sun shined clear at sundown and cool I feel pretty we4ll to day and first rate super small piece of chicken and a little broth

Friday 6 Feb 1863

It had bin clear and cool today I had a pretty sick night last nite but feel lots beter to day there was a man died in our warde to day he was from wesconsin had a good diner it was chicken and bread

Saturday 7 Feb 1863

It has bin a plesant day to day it has thawed the snow pretty near all off I went out on the side walk to day it was pretty cool for me I feel first rate to day

Sunday 8 Feb 1863

It rained a little this morning then it broke away and cleared off got awfull hungry to day I got a piece of moldy bread it went first rate feel first rate today

Monday 9 Feb 1863

It is raining this morning a little it faired off before noon and was plesant the rest

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of the day got anuff to eat by hooking it *88

Hooking it apparently meant to scrouge for what they out of the kitchen bread and onions it went first rate asked to be eximed today but there was to maney ahead of me so I had to waite till another time

Tuesday Feb 10, 1863

It rained in the morning like smart it was a rite wet day to day and warm live pretty well today hooked some bread and onions from the kitchen and bought some pigs feet feel pretty well to day

Wendsday Feb 11 1863

Fair day to day here I feel pretty well all but my head that akes pretty bad today and my coff is worse than it has bin

Thursday Feb 12, 1863

It rained a harde shower in the night in the morning it faired of clowded at long toward nite was pretty sick in the night but a_____________________ could find on their own. It was common for the soldiers on both sides to forage for their meals. Beter to day but not stout

Friday feb 13, 1863

It had bin a pretty day to day I feel pretty well to day bot me a tin cup and spoon paid 10 cents for both got a pint of milk this morning had bread and milk for diner it went first rate Joseph brought me up from the table a piece of gumcake the first

Saturday Feb 14, 1863

It has bin a raining day to day here it thunders and litening considerable to day I am beter to day we have got a new doctor and warde master and nurse to

day the nurse is a nunn there was a man died tonight while they was fetchin the spoon around *89 he raised up to get

It appears that it was a common practice to use the same spoon for all those on a sicke warde. It is no wonder that Daniel seemed to be getting better, only to come down mysteriously with another disease. His and took a spasm and died rite off he did not appear to be very sick he was up and walked to the stove yesterday

Sunday Feb 15 1863

It was a fair day to day I give medison to day it tired me some but not so bad as I expected it wood

Monday 16, 1863

There was two men died this morning in this room one of them from Iowa the other I don’t know where he was from he gave medison today feel pretty well tonight was examend for a discharge but did not get one


It has bin a wet day it rained all night last night bin givin medison to day It tired me some bin out in the streetes to day there was another man died to day in our warde he had the mumps and typhoid fever he died without a struggle or without aney bodeys knowing it in the room

Wensday Feb 18, 1863

It has bin cloudy to day and warm the gunboats have bin shelling the woods on the other sides of the river there was a boate and two barges burnt yesterday by the rebels on the other side of the river I was oute on the banks to see them there big guns made things tremble on shore there was a an took to the pest house

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from here with the small pox he com in Sunday still givin medison

Thursday Feb 19, 1863

It has bin a fair day here I was out in town to day our men burnt a town to day a cross the river the sesch had orders to move there dudes but they did not move till our men got over there they moved them in a hurey they burnt it clean I feel beter by going out thing are affull by here now shirts 2.50 to 4.00 apiece and othere things in perportion.


It is a faine day today I have bin helping around the cook room and the sick room but not a grate deal the boys are getting beter the most of them I tried to get the Coctor to send me to my regement but he wood not

Sunday Feb 22, 1863

It has bin cool and plesant today I have rather down to the heel to day but I feel a little beter tonight there was a boy died about one oclock to day he had an absess *90 and it broke on the inside and killed him right off he was from Iowa 34 Teg his name was rica

Monday Feb 23, 1863

It was a plesanat day her I went up to the top of the house it is 8 flight of stairs and 2 ladders I could see al over town it is the heist capalo in town I went up to be exemend but I had no ticket and they went me back to my doctor for one and I dolc not find him so I did not get exemend


Plesant this morning here there was two men died this morning one lay next o me

had the Typhoid fever the other cronick diaree there deaths in the after noon I was out in twon twise it was warm and plesat I drove the ambulance out abjout a mile after a sick soldier he was out of his head and cold not walk we put some hay in the wagon and spread a quilt over it for him to lay on

Wensday Feb the 25 1863Memphis Tennesse

We had a rite harde thunder shower this as well this morning as common it has rained all night and still raining this morning it faired off about noon it has bin the after noon I was examend to day but no go so I shall have to try it down the river there was a man died yesterday

Friday Feb. 27, 1863

Plesant to day there was another man died to day with the piles and daree I have got the diaree pretty bad to day myself and feel well dryed up


It is plesant to day I feel beter to day got a leter from home dated Feb 20 and it done me a good deal good to here from you

Sunday Mar 1, 1863

It has bin a nise day here set up last night for John Keen he gave me a quarter for siting up had a little pherena mush *91 and milk for my diner it was good

Monday March 2, 1863

Also better know today as Cream of Wheat.

Fair to day slep till 9 oclock then set up all day till 4 in the morning there was a boy died with the diaree his

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father was here he was discharged yesterday

Saturday March 7, 1863

It was plesant and warm today I was out in town a little while but my leg pained me sow that I cold not walk around much

Sunday March 8, 1863

Clowdy and rainey in the fore noon in the after noon it faird of and was plesant staid abed all day my leg pained me pretty bad the most of the time

Monday March 9, 1863

It is plesant to day we have moved out of warde 4 to warde five I have bin out in the Streets to day a little while I saw some of our regement to day for the first time sinse they left St Louis *92 I hurd that cap barges *93

schofield Barracks was in town but I cold not find him my leg pains me pretty bad tonight I guess I have run around to much to day

Tuesday March 10, 1863

It has bin a wet day I am on a hospital bound for St Louis it is going to start tonight

Wensday March 11, 1863Plesant to day on the river we have run all day just got to day No 10 *94 don’t have much to eate and only two meales a day and cant by aney at that

Thursday March 12, 1863

It is a pretty day but the air is rather cool to day the name of the boate we ar on is the lily of alton 12 oclock e are at a town

by the name of Brussil marching come up on the river got

aptain Burges was the individual who enlisted Daniel, his name is on his certificate of disability.

Clay No. 10 refered to locks along the river.

To St Louis at 2 oclock in the night it is a good deal cooler here than it was below

Friday March 13, 1863

Clowdy and cool this morning we have laid to the wharf all of the fore noon there I six dead soldiers and one niger died coming up the river in the after noon we went to Jefferson barox *95 it is a nise looking plase but harde to tell how we will faire here

Saturday Mar 14, 1863

Warm and plesant to day I have walked around considerable to day the living is rather hard I guess from what I have seen bread and tea for super bread beef and water for diner coffee and bread for breakfast the bjoys growl pretty bad sent a leter home to day

Sunday March 15, 1863

Jefferson Barracks is now a historical site near Mehiville, south of St Louis, Mo.

Warm and plesant this morning the Doctor gave me oil and Laugblum *96 and an injection for my diaree at ten oclock and it is seven oclock and my bowels has not moved yet I went and got a quart of new milk for five cents at a

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house outside of the barox ground and it is the first house that I have bin in sinse I left home the first dwelling house that a family lived in

Monday March, 16, 1863

Warm and plesant to day feel pretty well to day it is very warm here I went a fishing in the after noon but did not get a bite I cold not find no plase but that was to swift and shallow

Tuesday March, 17, 1863

Warm and plesant to day I am about the same to day I went down the railroad a bout a mile and a half to the St Louis poorhouse it is a nise plase on a hill

A popular morphine derivative for the time. It s 4 ½ miles below town

Wensday, March, 18, 1863It has bin a plesant day here I don’t feel as well to day as common but I hope it wont last long put a pocket in my jacket this after noon there was a lot of ladies here from coolndolett (Granit city?) they went through the warde and treated all of the boys on cordial in the evening eat super then went ½ mile and got half of a apple pie and a pint of milk and a piece of corn bread that made what I wanted to eate

Saturday, March 21, 1863

Plesant here to day and warm I feel about the same as usual lonesome and tired of this plase

Sunday, March 22, 1863

It has bin a wet day to day it is coole and raines harde this evening traided my watch for a revolver to day even it is a rite nise one feel pretty well to day it has bin cool to day tried to get worke but did not make it out


Plesant to day got a leter from home this morning I got a pass and went to corodolet *97

Cant find a town anything close to this, to get some powder and caps walked up there and back got my diner for 25 cents had a pot pie and eggs paid a quarter for my diner that I bought

Wensday , March, 25, 1863Plesant to day here but rather col staid around the barox all day feel pretty well to day

Thursday March, 26, 1863

Plesant this morning but had a harde frost last night it has bin a pretty day to day am about the same as common had a stew for diner and it went first rate if we had anuff of it

Friday, March, 27, 1863

Clowdy and raw wind in the fore noon rained hard I went down the railroad about 3 miles it follows the river and is cut through rock the most of the way

may have been Granite City or possibly Cabokia, could also be a town now swallowed up in the metro politin area of St Louis.

Saturday, March, 28, 1863

It has bin a pretty day to day I found a man by the name of Pickens here sick he is a soldier from contuckey his name is Robert I am about the same to day.

Sunday, March, 29, 1863

It was bin fair but cool to day the air is rite chiley here I have staid around the house all day feel about the same as ever the boys got there pay to day all of them that was here the first of March I don’t

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get any myself for I haint bin her long enuff

Monday, March the 30 1863

Plesant and cool her today but I am as lonesome as ever washed the diner dishes to day I don’t feel quite as well to day as common I have griping pains across me the diaree has stopped but I am in a good deal of pain

Monday, March the 30 1863

Went this evening and got super got ham and eggs they went first rate had to pay 25 cents for what I cold eate


Plesant to day but cool uncomfortable had my side caped for tyed to me yesterday but did not do ane good onley hurte me

Wensday, April, 1, 1863

Feel about the same today it is a little more plesant to day but a cool wind sent a leter home to day looked harde for another

It is plesant and warmer went up the railroad about 1 ½ mile a fishing but did not catch aney it was pretty windy all day and a little cool

Friday, Apr, 3, 1863

Plesant to day but a little cool got a leter from home and answerd it today

Saturday, Apr, 4, 1863

Plesant to day the doctor was around examind the boys that was to be trasferd to the Staits but I have to stay here for awhile I don’t know how long for they are sendin a good maney to there regiments now

Sunday, Apr, 5, 1863

A plesant day and warm to day here it seems like summer but Sunday is a lonesome day to me I roam around some set a around some and it is lonesomest day of the weeke

Monday, Apr, 6,1863

It has bin a plesant day here I have washed out a shirte and pair of stokings to day and saved a dime and bought a couple of blankets paid one dollar and fifty cents for them they are pretty good blankets not new ones

Wendsday Apr 8 1863

Plesant and warm here to day don’t feel quite as well to day as common my diaree has stopped now three days and I don’t feel as well for it but I hope that I will be beter in a fewe days

Thursday, Apr, 9, 1863

It has bin clowdy and smokey all day here feel about the same to day found some potatoes in the roade in the roade took them to the kitchen and baked them they went first rate had a little buter to put on them

Friday Apr 10 1863


Smokey and warm to day had a stew for diner maid of beef and potatoes it was first rate feel about the same today but mighty lonesome there a lot going down the river tomoro

Saturday, Apr, 11, 1863

Plesant but windy to day there was fifty five went to Dixe got a leter to day and answerd it feel pretty well to day the peach trees are in full bloom her they look nise

Sunday Apr 12 1863

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Clowdy and cool to day worked in the special diat kitchen to day the first day on duty sinse I have bin her an it tired me some but not so bad as I expected it wood got another leter do day from home

Monday Apr, 13, 1863

One month ago today I arrived here and am not much beter than I was when I left Memphis cool and clowdy to day worked in the pecial diat kitchen to day am about the same as I have bin for along time

Tuesday, Apr, 14, 1863

It has bin a wet drislen day I got a leter from home and answed it bin in the kitchen to day and got pretty tired

Wensday, Apr, 15, 1863

It has bin warm but clowdy to day still in the kitchen feel a little beter to night but am pretty tired but I guess it wont be very harde worke


Plesant and warm to day still in the kitchen to work feel pretty well to day they mustered all of the boys in the hospital to day but did not marke aney for the regement that I have herd of

Friday, Apr. 17, 1863

Plesant to day till about four oclock then we had a hard thunder shower scrub day in the kitchen to day and I am pretty tired tonight our head cook left us to day and that maid it harder on us than it wood if he had staid and helped


A brand of wood burning oven. It has bin a plesant and warm to day I have bin in the kitchen I have got the cold pretty bad this after noon

Monday, Apr, 20, 1863It has bin clowdy all day still in the kitchen to worke yet have got the cough to day like the devil to day

Tuesday, April 21, 1863

It rained harde last night it has bin a fair day to day the cookes nurses and warde maters went to day they put in a new ones there all green hands at the busness

Wensday, Apr, 22, 1863

Plesant to day but not so hot in the kitchen yet as yesterday I am about the same

Friday Apr 24, 1863

Plesant and warm to day got aleter from home but had so much to do cold not answer it am about the same


We had a fine shower last night and this morning it cleard off in the after noon the Iowa boys started to there Staites at noon it has bin warm here to day

Monday the 27 1863

It was pleasant and warm till about fore oclock then we ahd a harde thunder storm feel about the same as common to day

Tuesday the 28, 1863

It has bin not to day and clowdy here had a hard thunder shower this evening

Wensday, Apr 29, 1863

It has bin a plesant day am about the same as common oney pretty tired

Monday May 4, 1863

It is clowdy and warm to day there was about two hundred of us stared to ther regiments wer to Schofield barox now

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and don’t know how long we shall be here it is a hard plase for a man to stay in

Tuesday, May, 5, 1863

I have bin in the barox all of the fore noon in the after noon I got out and went to two hospitals found some of my company

Wensday, May, 6, 1863

Cold and uncomfortable here to day still in prison of Scofield baarox we have plenty to eate of bread beans and potatoes and heate but we have a guarde around the barox and iron bars over the windows

Thursday, May, 7, 1863

Plesant and warm to day staid in the all day we packed up got ready fell into line then broke ranks to be ready in a minutes warning but that did not come dark and still here

Saturday, May, 9, 1863

Clowdy and warm orders to pack up this morning and be ready a minutes warning 12 and on the express left St Louis about 2 oclock ran over till morning

Sunday, May, 10, 1863

Plesant and warm this morning we started early in the morning and are making good time got to Cape Gerardo *99 at twelve oclock at caro at fore noon an ower hi and left ther a little after dark past 15 boats going up

Monday, May 11, 1863

Plesant and below island number 10 meet five boates to day got to Memphis at eight oclock in the eveningit was very warm to day saw some plantin corn in tenasee

May 12, 1863

It has bin warm and plesant to day we have lay in Memphis all day took off 200 hundred horses and put on 2500 muels to go down the river went up to the overturn hospital was there sick and *Dun green wood to had the bluebutt


Left Memphis at fore oclock got to

93 Cape Girardeau, headed south along the Mississippi, about 30 miles from the Ky. Border.

*Dun was a name.

Helena *100 at 1 oclock staid about two owers then run on down the rebels were in 12 miles they were fiting

Thursday, May, 14, 1863Clowdy and cool to day we got to the mouth of white *101 river at midnight and lay there till morning started early in the morning and about noon we met some gunboats they said that there was a battery on the shore and they went fast with us we got to white lake just dark staid there a few minutes then started on

Friday, May, 15, 1863It is plesant and warm to day got to young point at one oclock then went ashore found 16 of our boys then went a fishing catched 4 then ______________

Helena Arkansas, about 100 miles along, the Mississippi River, from Memphis, Tenn.

White River runs into the Arkansas River, just north of Watson Arkansas.

They come back to the camp staid around with the boys herd the canon very neer to warington to day


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Bin a black berying to day and eate the most I ever did and the most ever did and the most berys I ever saw in my life at night went to cooking in the regement hospital (sent a leter home to day)


Plesant and warm to day there was 500 hundred nigers come into camp there was one woman had a baby black and white spoted about ½ for the sick and colonel

Monday, May, 18, 1863

It has bin a pretty day here they have bin fiting to vixburge *102 to day I have bin in the hospital cooking but feel pretty bad the _____________________

Vicksburg Mississippi, the site of one of the civil war. Diaree is very bad on me now

Tuesday, May, 19. 1863Plesant to day and bot the canon boom to day like thunder all around vixburg it is hot to day here I lifdt the hospital after breakfast went up to the corell and in the after noon we had to move down tordes vixburge about a mile there was fore boats loded with soders come here to day they went rite on to the battlefield


It has bin warm to day there has bin heavey cannonading all day by the gunboats I n front of vixburge there cant be a man seen in town to day I went last night down the river opset town *103 Saw there gunboats saw the balls strike the boat ________________________

Towns of Mound and Delta are across from Vicksburg, may have been the ones he was speaking of .


Had a harde shower to day there is a continual roar of guns to day I was down watching the mortar boats throw shells at the rebs they throw them pretty early by the way they lit in town

Friday, May, 22, 1863

Plesant and hot to day ther I heavey cannonading to be herd to day and musketry out colonel and mager was killed this afternoon and 10 more out of the regement and 49 wounded they maid a charge but cold not make it and had to fall back that was what killed so maney


Hot this morning went a fishing but did not catch aney it rained in the after noona harde shower and was awful not the diaree is as bad as ever on me to day and I feel pretty bad the gunboats gave the rebs thunder to day they have got about 4000 prisoners that they have sent over the river on this side


Plesant and warm to day herd form the regement Phinael Elis and Samuell MaCollouol was killed Friday night in the same charge that the colonel was killed in Shaford and Limon G. Stanley was wounded I lay in the tent all day and feel pretty bad

Monday, May, 25, 1863

Hot to day an uncomfortable in camp to day they are still cannonading to day a little but not very strong

Tuesday, May, 26, 1863

Hot to day bin a fishing feel a little beter to day but not very well yet there still bangin away at town there was 600 women and children come over here for safty they keep them in a corill rit in front of twon our boys have gone to guarde them

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Warm to day the rebels sunk the cincinata *104 this ________________

A Yankee gunboat.

Fore noon it rained a little to this after noon the rebels and our gunboats have maid a good eal of nois to day feel beter to day


It has bin showery to day the boys startd to there regiments to day they onley left 6 in camp of our company the went to there regement got off at noon there was a few boys that hated to go but they had to go (sent a leter home)

Friday, may, 29, 1863

Plesant to day and cool the rebels turned out 6000 muels our ranks opened to let them out and the rebels tried to follow but failed they got pretty badley cut up our men 60,000 of them they are going to yansoo city *105 next

Saturday May 30, 1863The armies apparently are turning inland and north to Yazoo city, about 80 miles NE of Vichsburg.

It has bin comfortable here to day but I had the headache pretty bad there haint bin much fiting around vixburge to the rebas tried to reinforce but they failed they got cut up pretty bad grant had a trap a trap for them piles come ut on me to day

Sunday May 31 1863

It has bin hot to day wrot a leter home to day feel beter to day but well by now means not much firing to day

June, Monday 1, 1863

A hot day to day laid around camp all the fore noon in the after noon started for the regement went up the yonsoo *106 on the Ben Franklin landed at darke took our things a shore and lay on the bank of the river Kirk Wood and Wilson landed here to day

Tuesday June 2 1963

It has bin hot this forenoon in the _________________________________

Probably following the Big Black River, or perhaps the smaller Yazoo river.

Afternoon mustered for the battlefield there was a good deal of firing all around the lines got to camp just dusde foun the boys well that was here it is rather ruff roades between the river and camp

Wensday June, 3, 1863

It has bin clowdy to day I have bin out in the rifle pits to day the reb shot at me one and come pretty near hitting there marke I got a shot at one and that was all that I had a chanse to shoot at the rest of the boys keep shooting all of the time at the rebs

Thursday, June, 4, 1863

It has bin warm to day and I was out on the field the rebs done some pretty good shooting at our boys but did not hit aney of them as I cold see or here off I done some shooting but it is harde to tell where I hit but I guess pretty close

Friday, June, 5, 1863

Hot to day went out in the rifle pits saw some of the canon shot but the rebs did not answer with ther canon but if our men showed themselves there shureshooters wood try them and that was pretty often there was a contiuel shower of balls passing through the air all of the time

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Saturday, June, 6, 1863

Clowdy and cool to day out on picket to day for the first time in my life and a fellow has to keepe himself pretty close or he is in danger of his life for they shoot pretty close and we are not a greate way aparte hid behind stumps or logs shot the first rebel yesterday

Sunday, June, 7, 1863

It is plesant this morning finished a leter and going to put it in the mail bags I think it will go tomoro sometime it has bin hot and we laid around camp all day there want much going on to day here but the rebs pitched in to our me over the river in the morning but our men drove them back

Monday, June, 8, 1863

Another hot day was out last night on picket the hole company crep within 150 yards of there works and lay there till the moon ris than we left the field for our tents we lay around all day there was 2 boys in the Iowa wounded by one of our one shells one died

Tuesday, June , 9, 1863

We have had a harde shower this morning it has rained all day by showers and two or three pretty hard ones feel pretty well today they have keep cannonading all day


Had catfish for breakfast it was first rate sent to thte yanso for it cost two dolrs it was a pretty large fish lay around camp till night then fixed to go on picket

Friday June, 12, 1863

Went on picket lay in a box holw when we was at our postes we was within 50 yards of the rebels beast works I could see them very plain when they raised there heads and if aney one raised his

head he was sure to be hot at close sometimes and we returned the compliments they watched one another pretty close


It has bin a fair day to day I have laid around camp all day feel pretty well nothing new to day here canon still a roaring here


Went out on picket last night and all day the rebs done some pretty good shooting at us if one man shoed his head he was shure to be shot at and same of the balls come pretty close

Monday, June, 15, 1863Lay around camp all day did not feel pretty bad the diaree as bad as ever had a lite shower today there was a man shot in the rifle pit and some nuts hurt

Tuesday, June, 16, 1863

Lay around camp to day it was prety hot here all day not much going on here to day feel about the same as usual

Wensday, June, 17, 1863

On picket to day again it was middling hot times out on post there was a man shot on my post killed instantly shot through the lungs took three steps then fell dead never spoke


Lay around camp all day had fresh beef and beans for diner and the shits all night it was a fair day there was two iowa boys wonded at our new forte


Lay around camp all day it was hot had the shits like thunder lay in my bunk all day there was a few shells through the camp one hit near the quarter master tent

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it hit in about ten feete of a man it knocked him down

Saturday, June 20, 1863

I was out on picket last night this morning they comensed cannonading all around the lines they was a good deal of nois they keep it up till ten oclock then they quieted down then we come in have just got 78 dolars for my pay up to first of may it will soon be pay day again


Plesant to day lay around camp there was a man by the name Greg buried yesterday he was the man that was left with me in St Louis the rebs threw several shells over us to day

Tuesday June 23, 1863

Bin on picket to day I has rained all night threw dirt all over us it struck the bunk near where there was a man standing it knocked him down but did not hurt him

Wensday, June, 24, 1863

It has bin fair to day come in off picket found a leter from home and answered it then lay in camp the rest of the day it was middling warm the Rebs threw in a good many shots into our brigade but did not hurt aney one


Lay around camp till noon then we was called into line of battle and marched out in front of the enemy and lay there till night our canon opened out they the earth shak our men blew up one of there forts and took poseshon of it


We was called into line of battle and marched out in fronte of the enemys works and lay there with our guns till

night the canon open all around the lines and our men blew one of there fortes and took poseshon of it it was a hot day


Another warm day I am picket to day feel pretty well to day on with John Middleton


A hot day come off picket and lay around camp all day there was a good eal of shooting done yesterday but I hurd the result this morning for the pickets haint come in

Monday, June , 29, 1863

Layed around camp all day and we fixed up a shanty back of our tents covered it with brush

Tuesday, June, 30, 1863

On picket today as usual was on the forth relief had to stand on out post in the night and lay still through the day time one of the ninth men killed and another wounded with the same shell

Wensday, July, 1, 1863

Come in off picket it is a hot day our men blew up a forte yesterday of it had the headache bad all day to day comensed a leter yesterday

Thursday, July, 2, 1863

Plesant to day and hot lay around camp to day and wrote a leter bought come dried aples at ten cents per pound well to day

Friday, July, 3, 1863

It has bin fair to day and cool to day there was a cecation in firing last night it was quite all night feel pretty well

Saturday, July, 4, 1863

Plesant to day and on a march started at midnight and marched till ten then lay

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down in a cornfield and slept first rate marched through the largest peach orchard that I ever see it was a peach and maple country and awful ruff

Monday, July, 6, 1863

We have got our breakfast and stacked arms and laying in the shade lay till fore oclock then marched to black river *107 lay there till fore oclock then tramped

Tuesday, July, 7, 1863

Marched all day hot got to Jeferson davis farm his best house was burnt and the most of the rest of thing destroyed went two miles then camped


Cool this morning had a hard shower last night we camped on deer creek left *108 camp at _______________________________

The big Black River runs sosuth of Yazoo city until it runs across what is today Hwy 55, which runs along it for several miles. Fore oclock and marched 9 miles then camped I stoped a mile behind come up in the morning the Rebs was 2 miles ahead they did not bother us.

Thursday, July, 9, 1863Went with the train all day it was very hot to day it is about 2 miles long our division there is fore brigades there is three army cores on the hole road the 9, 1863 army core is marching on to Jackson *09 by diferant routs there was cannonading ahead this morning I was out looking for a mule to ride but did not find aney


It was a nother hot day was with three wagons all day was out foreaging and helped skin the first hog and got a load

of corn then come back to where the team was _____________________

Deer Creek runs now along Hwy 61, Daniels regement appears to be circling NW.

Jackson, Miss., the capital of Mississippi.

Saturday, July, 11, 1863Started for the regement found it about 7 oclock laying in line of abatle lay there all it was very hot the rebs threw several shells over our camp but did not do aney hrt the rebs made a charge but it was repulsed

Sunday, July, 12, 1863

Lay around camp in the fore noon in the after noon helped make breastworks till darke then was let loose had lots of green corn there was two men killed in the 25 by a shell one ________

Appear to be circling, Greenville is along the Mississippi river, about 120 miles north along the river from Vicksburg, lit in our regement hurt nobody

Tuesday, July, 14, 1863Lay around camp all day finished our breastworks in the evening our men had to take to there breastworks for the rebs threw several shells over us one hit in our camp and one hit a mule but did not kill him


Out on picket all night had a pretty lively time there was a good eal of shooting done on both sides but none hurt on our side it was hot all day we lay in the brush till dusk then went to camp there was two regiments come to relieve us got a leter to day it was brought out to us

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Lay around camp till fore oclock then was called in to line marched out in front of the enemy lay there all night rote a leter home to day there was two charges maid to day


The rebs evacuated last night and they was all gon this morning moved in near the rebs line it was a hot day a good many of the boys went in town but did not find much

Saturday July 18, 1863In camp to day the regement has gone foraging I am left on garde the convelecents came from vixburg to day lay a there about day we were called up and our boys are out on a scout the rebs drove them back run a wagon over for them

Sunday July 19, 1863Marched all day went to a little town by the name Brandon *111 we had a little brush with in two miles of town there was a few killed on both sides saw more white women to day then I have seen sinse I have ween sinse I have bin in Dixie some pretty muskey

Brandon is the county seat of Rankin Co., it is located directly east of Jackson about 10 miles. Ad pretty good looking ones

Monday, Jul, 20, 1863Started for our camp in the morning burnt the rails and building tore up the track, for fore of five miles the come on Jay hawked a mule and rode most of the time in the after noon helped drive in a lot of catle


Come in to camp this morning cold not get in had to stay behind lay in a rebel house all night and on a bed stead for the first time in a good while had muton for super and corn bread slept pretty will lay around until 5 oclock then went on Dress perade in side of the rebels works

Wensday, Jul, 22, 1863

Went up in town to fix my frying pan then come back through the buring ground it had bin a camp for the rebs they had tore the pickets up for to lay on and dug rifle pits had dress paerade at five marchin orders


Started at 3 oclock in the morning marched to cliton *112 then camped for the day got here by 9 oclock it has bin a cool day first rate day for marchin we burnt our camp and all the things that we left went up to town saw several white women it is a nise town but there front yards and gardens are destroyed


Got up at one oclock started on our march until one oclock marched about 15 miles it was pretty hot we marched over the battle ground on champain hills it is a pretty harde looking place there was lots of graves

Saturday, July, 25, 1863

Called us up at about 2 oclock got our breakefast marched out on the woods and laid ____________________

Clinton is in Hinds Co., it is about 5 miles directly W of Jackson, Hwy 20 goes through Clinton, Jackson and Brandon. There all day it took a goode while for them to get in motion I was took with the colick in the forenoon it left me till about sundown then I got a little sick we come in to black river got there at three our camp at four

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Sunday July 26, 1863

Marched about fore miles then camped had a harde shower in the after noonit was a cool morning am a good deal beter to day but pretty sore we are on black river *113 good water

Monday July 27, 1863

Cool and wet this morning had a hard shower in the night pause about fore miles down black river brige on the railroade there camped it was on the stickey work marchiney and a crooked roade we are camped the same plase where the thirteeth regement


Must be along the road near Bovina, on the way back to Vicksburg.

On guarde to day the regement lay in camp all day there is lots of nigers and wides at this place I am pretty well had a harde shower in the afternoon lay on the ground

Wensday July 29, 1863

Come of garde at nine oclock then lay in camp the rest of the day my knapsack came last night one of my blandest was gone the rest of the things was all right there was three car loades of rebs come in and give up thenselfs to our men (sent a leter to home)

Thursday, July 30, 1863

It is a fair day to day on duty to day there the boys got furlows to go home I was after commissary goods and a foraging it was awfull hot here to day to do anything got a leter to day from home


Lay around camp all day it was hot I feel pretty lasey here in camp we are getting our camp fixed up first rate things look pretty nise here now.

Saturday Aug 1, 1863

Washe out myshirts this fore noon and panty hade harde in the afternoon and a little haile with it maid a roof with our gun blankets keep dry

Sunday, Aug, 2, 1863

Has inspection at nine oclock then lay around the rest of the day had harde shower in the after noon it has comfortable here to day

Monday, August, 3, 1863

Plesant but hot to day feel first rate but lozey as ever laying around camp rest of day rote some more sent it by garden

Tuesday, August, 4, 1863

On guarde at a corell of mules on clearcrick there was a second colonel come and got some pour mules and horses for some wides they got seven or eight

Wensday, Aug, 5, 1863

Come of guarde this morningit is hot as ever our men got there tents last night and put them up layed around camp all day

Thursday, Aug, 6, 1863

In the morning then comensedd to fix for company cooking worked till darke but did not get ready there is a goodeal of trouble about company cooking

Sat, Aug, 8, 1863

I got diner and super fore the boys to day things went first rate there was

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one or two that found fault the boys went a foraging to day they got lots of ripe peaches and old corn they got in at darke

Sunday Aug 9, 1863

It has bin a hot dya I have bin cooking to day had boiled sholders and beans fore diner they went pretty well was pretty sick last night and to day with the colick am beter tonight

Monday, Aug, 10, 1863

Bin cooking to day hot as ever feel pretty well to day but considerably lonesome fore; cant here form home something to nineteen of our regement went foraging the rebs took them prisoners two nineteen James Meintyre sent a leter home today

Tuesday, August, 11, 1863

Our company was on picket today our men went out and got the wagons that our men went out with


Bin a hot day today there was a man buried out of our regement this morning and one yesterday morning both our of the same company they had the diareeah died here to day. Got a leter from home


Plesant to day and hot george Wull helped cook to dayfeel pretty well today sent a leter home to day

Friday, Aug, 14, 1863

Plesant to day but hot all day still cooking there was a lot of boys examined to day bor a discharge ben White will get one and blick and Marty boseworth will get a sick furlow Watson sent back to regement

Saturday, Aug, 15, 1863

Had the headache all day and the backache all day lay on my bunk all day general inspections to day


Beter to day seen to the cooking George Myers helped to day had fresh beef to day for dine there was a man buried out of our regement to day

Monday, August, 17 1863

It has bin a nother hot day nothing new to day feel very week to day

Tuesday, Aug, 17, 1863

Bill brige come to us last night feel perty well to day the guchats cavery took the grillas that took our boys they took them by surprise

Wensday, August, 19, 1863

James L Bailes died to day he had bin in the hospital five days had a sinking chill he had bin havin the ague spells but not to stop working till about week feel about the same as usual to day


It has bin warm as usual to day it rained harde shower am about the same to day sent a leter home to day


Still hot to day as ever nothing new some of our boys went to vixberg on detail but are under arrest to day

Sat, Aug, 22, 1863

Lay around to day hot as ever still cooking George Myers still helping yet man died in company H to day


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Lay around today hot as ever still cooking George Myers still helping yet man died in company H to day

Tue, Aug, 24, 1863

Cool days and warm nights another cool night very cool night for this time of the year as I ever see sent a leter home by Miglitoe


Warm dry very cool night still cooking yet got our pay to day 26 dolars


Went to head quarters to see Joseph Lyons went to the railroad brige where it stood then come back the colonel wife had come to day she was on dress preade

Friday, Aug, 27 1863

Got a leter from home to day it is cool night s and warm days still cooking


Lay around camp to day but layse as ever nothing new to day herd this morning that sumter was ours *114

Sat, Aug, 29, 1863

Did not feel very well to day lay in my bunk all day sent a leter home

Sunday Aug 30, 1863Lay in camp all day don’t feel first rate yet ___________________

94 Fort Sumpter must have fallen to the Northern Troops. It is interesting to note that in the southern branch of the Pickens families there is a traditional story that the first shot Civil War, was said to have been fired by the dau of the S C governor, a Pickens. She is said to have been a favorite of the soldiers.

Have a diaree yet had a niger meeting this evening

Monday Aug 31, 1863Cool night but hot day felt a little beter to day

Tue Sep 1, 1863It is plesant but hot to day still cooking feel first rate

Wensday Sep, 2, 1863Still knoching around had General inspection yesterday General Scherman and Custer was here

Thursday, Sep, 3, 1863Had brigade inspection this fore noon in the after noon Moses Parker had a sick spell this after noon

Friday, Sep, 4, 1863The Colonel started to take his wife home she come down to see him and was took sick John Keley was here to see me this after noon

Saturday, Sep, 5, 1863Sent a leter home to day still hot down here a cooking yet nothing new down here

Sunday, Sep 6, 1863Hot as ever yet feel the same to day

Monday, Sep, 7, 1863

Ben White and Bosworth started for home this morning

Tuesday Sep 8 1863It is hot to day I got a mule and went over forth Iowa caverley found the boys all well and liveley

Wensday Sep, 9, 1963Staid all night come back in the after noon they a very pretty camp ground where they are

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Thursday, Sep, 10, 1963Gorden got back this fore noon he broght me two leters drawed a pair of caveley pants to day

Friday Sep, 11, 1963Bought 5 cents worth cheese to day feel pretty well to day sent a leter home to day

Saturday Sep 12, 1863Lay around camp to day it is very hot to day man died in company H to day here in camp went to clear creek to wash all over

Sunday, Sep, 13, 1863Lay in camp to day and well

Monday, Sep, 14, 1863

Brought a pound of butter for 40 cents it was rank stuff

Tuesday, Sep, 15, 1863

Lay around all day feel wellWenesday, Sep, 16, 1863Lay around camp all day

Thursday, Sep, 17, 1863It has rained to day right harde to day and turned cool to day had a little skirmish to day

Friday, Sep, 18, 1863It was very cold last night and has bin cool to day

Saturday Sep, 19, 1863Had the ague *115 in the morning it lasted me til thread about two oclock

Sunday, Sep, 20, 1863Feel pretty well to day nothing new happened to day

Monday, Sep, 21, 1863Cool and plesant today very cool nights

Blackriver Miss

Sep 15, 1863

To one pint beer 0516 to washing 15c18 to 1 peck potatoes 2520 for cheese 2026 for onions 05

for potages stamps 0528 for aples 106 to aples 0595 Ague, a violent fever. The cold fit

which preceeds a fever, chilliness, state of shaking with cold.

To hanks thread 15 17 to two aples 05

Nov 1 to onions 10

20 for a coffee milkDec 23 to a paper 05

26 to a paper 05Jan 7 to a paper 05Jan 10 - ditto marksFeb 8 gambaling 15Feb 11 to postage stamps 30Feb 22 to two aples 05March 17 to pen and sign penholder 100Apr 6 to three aples 05

Tuesday Sep, 22, 1863Fixed me a bead with cotton marching orders come at noon fixe to start in the morning come to vicksburge in a wagon with the cooking tools

Wensday Sep 23, 1863Started in the morning for to town at half past twelve it was awfull dusty travelin

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and up and down hill all of the way lost shoe marching

Thursday, Sep, 24, 1863Went on the boate in the fore noon left town about fore oclock Thomas E Tutt *116

Friday, Sep, 25, 1863Laid up all night and till eleven today a *putting on wood today one man died out of our regement stoped at darke and buried him

Saturday, Sep, 26, 1863Run all night passed lots of boats going down the river cool air on the river

Sunday, Sep, 27, 1863Ran all day to Helena at Sundown

Monday Sep, 28, 1863

Rain all day got to Memphis *117 at sundown _________________

96 Apparently referring to the name of the paddlewheeler or steamer he is on.

*Stopped to load wood for steam chest.

Are on loading to night got on loaded at ten oclock lay on the wharf till about for oclock then went to the cares

Tuesday, Sep, 29, 1863

Lay on the camp all day let go Feree and washburn to day sent a leter home to day

Wensday Sep, 30, 1863

All stay on the road to Corinth *118 it rained all day still raining at darke

Thursday Oct, 1, 1863

Went out of Corinth about two miles and a half it rained all night last night and rained till nine oclock in the morning

Friday, Oct, 2, 1863

unloaded to Tenn and on to battle at Taylors Ridge, Ga. Left Vicksburg, to Helena to Memphis, to Corinth, Grant Co. Ky.

Corinth, Grant Co. Ky. The armies appear to be going inland towards Knoxville.

Quit cooking this morning cool and plesant to day

Saturday, Oc 3, 1863

Got a pass and went to town it is rite plesant plase but small the gorillas are firing on our out post to day on the old stable ground

Sunday, Oct, 4, 1863

Lay around camp all day was on pottage about 20 minets then relived

Monday, Oct, 5, 1863Lay around all day had nothing to doTuesday, Oct, 6, 1863Prety cool night here at this time wore my over coate all day and sent a leter home

Wensday, Oct, 7, 1863

On picket to day it is cool to day rain harde last night well

Thursday Oct, 8, 1863

Lay around camp all day did not do very well was on dress perade to day for the first time in a good while

Friday, Oct the 9, 1863

Got marhin orders at mid night we got up and got our knapsacks and struch tents amd marched all day and carried our knapsacks camped on a fine hill

Saturday, Oct, 10, 1863

Marched to Guka got there at three oclock camped for the night it is a fire pretty town what is left of it

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Sunday, Oct, 11, 1863

Fixed up our tents today I put a bunk in mine went to the springs there is some of the nices plase I have seen in the south for a small plase

Monday, Oct, 12, 1863

Was on picket to day south of town about mile had a harde shower sent a leter home to day

Tuesday, Oct, 13, 1863

Come off pickett and wated for stone it was a wet day

Wensday Oct 14, 1863

On garde to day on a private house and slept in the smoke house that is shiverley in the south it was a wet and cool

Thursday, Oct, 15, 1863

Came off garde this morning it was wet and cool to day

Friday Oc. 16, 1863

Had general inspection to day drew a new blanket and two shirts

Saturday, Oct, 17, 1863

On picket to day again on an outpost cool but plesant our picket post is east of town at a burning ground

Sunday, Oc, 18, 1863

Came of picket this fore noon got our pay this afternoon and sent sixty five dollars home in a leter by express

Monday, Oct, 19, 1863

Got jorders to strike tents last night at 5 oclock strike tents and marched at four 6 miles and camped for the night and up before day. I started on a head to beau river

Tuesday, Oc, 20, 1863

Marched to day all day our advance had some fighting with the rebs some killed on both sides it is a ruff country that we marched through camped for the night marched about 10 miles

Wensday, Oc, 21, 1863

Got orders in the morning think wee wood not move to day at twelve we was called in line of battle and marched about a mile and found them in the brush they fired and killed three one each side of me and one behind me I took one wounded man of the field then went back our regement lost 27 killed and wounded one missing the colonels son killed to we followed them about a mile then lay in line of battle till darke then went to camp it rained in the afor noon

Thursday, Oc, 22, 1863

On picket to day it is plesant this fore noon it rained in the evening

Friday, Oc, 23, 1863

We was called up in line of battle this morning but it was a false alarm so we stacked arms

Saturday, Oc, 24, 1863

On picket to day today again it is cool to day I sold my over coate for six dollars and drawed my boots

Sunday, Oc, 1863

Come of picket this morning it is clowdy and cool we have got marchin orders at 4 oclock with three days rations in our harvisack

Monday, Oc, 26, 1863

Got upat twelve struck tents and loaded them then maid coffee then waited till fore then struck out marched till about sunrise and came up with the rebs we fell in line of battle and marched about 3 miles the rebs filed out and ran they

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maid there three stands in corse of the day our regement was on picket to night

Tuesday, Oc, 27, 1863

Got up maid coffee marched out in the line of battle and lay there till three oclock then marched within a half mile of town and camped for the night I was detailed to go and geet a team to hall our knapsacks we got a full span of mules and wagon on tuscunba aint much of lode.

Wensday, Oc, 28, 1863

Marched back to our old cmap near churell *119 on the old battle ground

Thursday, 29, 1863

Called up earley in morning and marched out about three miles and lay in line of battle all day in site of the rebs

Friday, Oc, 30, 1863

Marched about 6 oclock marched about 3 miles it rained all day it was all a wet night we lay on the ground

Saturday, 31, 1863

Marched to the river to chickisw on Lundin *120 on the tenesseee river and camped for the night

Sunday, November 1, 1863Lay on the river all day washed my clothes _____________________

Chapell Hill, in Marshall, Co. Tenn. Located N. of Lewisburg along hwy alt 31, about 10 miles.

Loudon, county seat of Loudon Co. located along the Tenn River, SW of Knoxville, Tenn about 45 miles. Located along hwy 11.And sent a leter home plesant all day

Monday, No, 2, 1863

Lay at the Lundin all day warm as summer waiting to cross the river

Tuesday Nov 3 1863Warm this day on picket last night crossed river in the after noon

Nov 4, 1863Come off picket to day crossed river and went with boys then marched 10 miles then camped for the night

(No record for Thurusday 4 Nov, wrote Friday 2 days in a row)

Friday Nov 6 1863Marched 13 miles and camped on cipry creek *121 rainey all day it was a wet day

Friday Nov 6 1863Pleasant today. Marched we went through florington it is a rough place

Saturday, Nov, 7, 1863

Cipry Creek

Marched 15 miles to day most through Lexington *122

Sunday, Nov, 8, 1863

Marched 14 miles went through another town it was a rough hilly country it was plesant but cool

Monday No 9, 1863

Marched all day through a ruff country fair day marched 15 miles

Tuesday No 10 1863

Very rockey to day and ruff roads marched 17 miles

Wensday, No, 11, 1863

Went through fry Muiot *123 it was a pretty town and a nise plase 18 miles

Thursday No 12, 1863

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Marched 12 miles through very bad roads and through Brighton *124 than Brunchvill *125 and camped

Friday Nov 13, 1863

LexingtonJennifer?BrightonBrithville

Pleasant to day passed through New Market *126 marched 18 miles camped of the road a mile it was a pretty country but not very good land

Saturday, No, 14, 1863

Rained harde this morning we marched through Maysville *127 and to the rail roade it was 13 miles and pretty ruff country

Sunday, No, 15, 1863

Marched 21 miles to Larkinvill *128 I followed the railrode then went on picket about a mile from camp plesant day

Monday No 16 1863

Plesant day but cool marched to bellfount *129 it was 18 miles the way we ent I was on garde the regement in the rear a roguh poor country

New market?MaryvilleLarkinvilleBellfont?

Tuesday, No, 17, 1863Plesant day wagerd marched 14 miles to Stenton *130 fell into the ____ river *131

Wensday 18 Nov 1863

(Not readable) wrote in pencil all smeared

Thursday 19 November 1863(Not readable)

Friday No 20 1863

Marched at six in the morning crossed the river on a bridge in the afternoon

Saturday no 21 1863

Marched 10 miles and camped for the night it rained all of the forenoon and part of the afternoon camped near a big cave here the rebs have salt river I went in the cave

Sunday, No, 22, 1863

Pleasant and cool marching at 8 left our tents and teams all but one left over took two blankets marched till at night then they stoped to get super to bed or lay on the ground

Monday, Nov, 23, 1863

Stanton?River

Marched at midnight marched about 8 miles then camped near the river to waite for the brige to be fixed the rebs ran a raft through it the rebs and our men had considerable of a brush in the afternoon

Tue, No, 24, 1863

Called up at fore in the morning at six into line and moved around for a while then lay behind the banks till our men drove the rebs out of there works and moved up the hill after darke lay on our blankets

Wensday, Nov, 25, 1863

The fite comensed earley after foure in the afternoon we had a hot time took a lot of prisoners and killed a good maney more two killed and three wounded in our regement the fiting on mishon rige left *132 look out mountain *133 at nine in the morning

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Thursday, No, 26, 1863

Missionary RidgeLookout Mountain

Marched at eight in the morning marched till darke then stoped and got super then layed down got covered upfeeling was tired was called lupthree miles then stopped got to lay down again

Friday, Nov, 27, 1863

Marched befor day light followed the rebs to ringold *134 there we over took them at nien in the morning we engaged them and it was a sore one for now I was wounded before we formed in line and laid there until about sundown 7, by then I was carried off by brooks armey ambulance came took to a citizen house and lay on the porch till morning before I got my wound dressed it was a cold rainie night and a long one to me it was a hot plase on the field where I lay

Sat, No, 28, 1863

Ringgold, Georgia

then the worst wounded to the cars and the rest went by ambulance we was pushed by had to here a brige was burnt then wee had to go back two miles to where there was some shantys lay there and frose all night

Sunday, Nov. 29, 1863lay in the Shantys all day and sent for the ambulunse to come after one it was a cold day but we done the best we cold

Monday, Nov, 30, 1863they loded mu cripples into the wagons and started in for chutnuga *135 we got there at eight in the evening and were put into the hospital the y got my sulfa and tried to rest but it was harde go for

me to rest 16 miles over ruff rods some of the boys died fair day cool

Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1863lay in rather cool room but keep as cool a wounded were sent most to day our troops are coming back to this plase

(No writing from Dec 2 thru the 10th)Friday, Dec, 11, 1863plesant fair to day a bout the same to daySaturday, Dec, 12, 1863had my leg examind by the major in the morning it rained all of the after noon had several pieces of bone took out

Sunday, Dec, 13, 1863rained pretty nice all night rained harde till ten then broke anyway warm rain about the same

Monday, Dec, 14, 1863rainey wet day

Tuesday Dec. 15, 1863fair day things look nise

Thursday, Dec. 17, 1863fair plesant day nothing doing here now

Friday Dec. 18, 1863About the coldest day for some time feel about the same

Saturday, Dec. 19, 1863Colde a nuff to freeze the hornes off a white bull no wood

Sunday, Dec. 20, 1863a little warmer to day

Monday, Dec. 21, 1863warmer to day but not very warm yet

Tuesday, Dec 22, 1863had my leg splinted up and got up and sat up till darke it rested me a great deal

Wensday, Dec. 23, 1863got up to and sat up tell a bout two oclock then the major opened the

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windows so it was so cold I cold not set up aney longer.

Thursday, Dec, 24, 1863set up the most of the day my leg is getting better fair day.

Friday, Dec. 25, 1863fair day set up the most of the day there was a man come in and gave two apples they went first rate it rained in the evening harde

Saturday, Dec. 26, 1863Set up to day and whitled out me a pair of crutches it rained all day

Sunday, Dec. 27, 1863one month sinse I was wounded rainey to day rained al day harde and all night

Monday, Dec. 28, 1863cool to day and not rainey sting up to day my leg don’t feeling very good today

Tuesday, Dec. 29, 1863up to day and walked on crutches half the length of hall and back and feel pretty well over it but is pretty harde work

Wensday, Dec. 30, 1863up to day as usual but not trying to run around pleasant to day

Friday, Jan. 1, 1864clear and cold to day so cold that it is uncomfortable in bed lay in bed all day. Sent a leter home

Saturday, Jan. 2, 1864lay a bed all day and frose the bread we had to eate was frose out of wood

Sunday, Jan. 3, 1864warmer to day seing up all day my leg pains me worse than common

Monday, Jan. 4, 1864

warmer to day and rainy a little my leg is a goodeal beter to day sent in for a furlow to day

Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1864cold and wet to day set up the most of the day my leg pained me pretty bad today

Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1864warmer tod ay wrote a leter to midleton to day up all day

Thursday, Jan. 7, 1864cool and clowdy feel pretty well to day nothing new

Friday, Jan 8, 1864Snowed last night anuff to cover the ground coole to day

Saturday, Jan. 9. 1864

Saturday snow still on the ground and cool

Sunday, Jan. 10, 1864cold yet and snow on the ground got up to day all day

Monday, Jan. 11, 1864plesant and cool to day set all day thawed a little

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1864clowdy and cool to day my leg pained me pretty bad to day

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1864cool to day and clowdy Lynd died this morning

Thursday, Jan. 14, 1864plesant and warm to day left the splints off my leg to day ; feel well cars come into day

Friday. Jan. 15, 1864plesant to day still the the same to day the doctor took my mane to go north

Saturday, Jan. 16, 1864

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Still the same pleasant today got orders to get ready to go north at dark got ready and was on the cars and lay till day then

Sunday, Jan. 17 1864started out and run five on six miles and found the track dove up fired it and got to Bridgeport at one oclock by there a hoan then run to stevinson by there till dark then run to Nashville got little after day

Monday, Jan. 18, 1864was rush to hospital mo 8 it was clear cool all day

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1864plesant today feel pretty well today after my ride over the road

Wensday Jan. 20, 1864

Set up some to day plesant Thursday, Jan. 21, 1864lay a bed all day did not feel quite as well today

Friday, Jan, 22, 1864up again to day and feel better

Saturday, Jan. 23, 1864Lay a bed to day did not feel quite as well fair day today

Sunday Jan. 24, 1864sent a leter home today pleasant and warm

Monday Jan 25, 1864dressed myself but my leg pained me so I could not walk aroung aney

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1864got up and went to the back house in the fore noon in the afternoon set out on the front sidewalk in the sunshine it was pleasant to see the ladies pass saw more today than I have seen in six months before

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1864

a new doctor come around and he give my leg thunder pleasant

Thursday, Jan. 28, 1864plesant today lay a bed all day

Friday, Jan. 29, 1864plesant to day lay a bed all day in the evening took two pieces of bones out of my leg after the doctors left it

Saturday, Jan. 30, 1864got up and ran around some but it was harde work

Sunday, Jan. 31, 1864rote a leter home today

Monday, Feb. 1, 1864up and run around some today fair day today and warm

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1864plesant feel pretty well

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1864clowdy and cool today got an awfull cold

Thursday, Feb. 4, 1864got a pass and went out I went around the house it was rather cool

Friday, Feb. 5, 1864clowdy and cool to day had a shower in the night feel pretty bad to day

Saturday, Feb. 6, 1864had the aque to day pleasant here too.

Sunday, Feb. 7, 1864warm and plesant

Monday, Feb. 8, 1864sent a paper and leter home today

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1864warm to day lay a bed

Wednesday Feb. 10, 1864cool and clear lay in bed the most of the time

Thursday, Feb. 11, 1864plesant to day was out dores to day

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Nashville Tenn

Feb. 12, 1864plesant and warm to day

Saturday, Feb. 13, 1864cool cloudy Philbert gave me of pants two shirts 1 pair off

(Feb 12 thru 25th mostly missing)

February, 14, 1864clowdy feel pretty well to day

Monday, Feb. 15, 1864left Nashville hospital *138 at five in the morning got here in the evening pretty harde trip

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1864moved me into a warde it is a cold cold cold plase here sent a leter home

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1864(page torn could not be read)

Thursday, Feb. 18, 1864plesant and warm to day

Friday, Feb. 19, 1864plesant and feel pretty well

Saturday, Feb. 20, 1864getting warmer and pleasant

Sunday, Feb. 21, 1864plesant and warm as spring

Nashville Hospital Tenn.

Monday, Feb, 22, 1864

plesant and warm to day sent a paper home to day

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1864cool and clowdy looks like rain

Wensday, Feb. 24, 1864

plesant but windy and rather cool

Thursday, Feb. 25, 1864windy cool but sun shines

Friday, Feb. 26, 1864cool and cloudy looks like rain

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