June 1 - I hear from Ella regularly. She is pretty well and so is the boy I am happy to say.
June 2 - Hundreds of wounded arriving from Vicksburgh about his time.
June 5 - Several men taking small pox removed to pest-house. I wish they had a chaplain.
June 6 - Great Union celebration in Memphis in commemoration of the occupation of the city by the Federals June 6 1862. Speeches etc. Not many of the aristocracy present.
June 7 - Fine day. Tracts a.m. Not quite so formal in distributing so many to every tent. At 11 went to Episcopal church. A good sermon and staid to communion. P.m. preached to regiment and eve service at union chapel.
June 8 - Chaplain's meeting in p.m.
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Showing posts with label Vicksburg MS. Show all posts
Monday, November 14, 2011
28 - 31 May 1863
May 28 - Eve with Fifer* to the 27th regiment where I preached. Battery men present. Col. Spalding accommodating. Acid stomach and eat little and light. 480 wounded came up now.
May 29 - To market early. Saw 4 large boat loads of Gen. Grant's prisoners. 2 of our companies go as guard. Eve small prayer meeting success and pleasure in talking pastoraly with men.
May 30 - Fine day. Reinforcements morning for Gen. Grant. Distributed tracts in a.m. Warm walk to Episcopal church. P.m. good attendance of soldiers at service. Eve went to 39th but no invitation to preach. Read thoughts on missions.
May 31 - Grant has defeated various attachments of rebels in Mississippi taking Raymond and Jackson. Has devastated[?] Vicksburgh, his [?] touching the river above and below. Banks* is around Port Hudson in the same way. Sign regiments have been raised and are being raised, they fight pretty well.
* James W. Fifer of 67th OVI
* Union Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks was born 30 Jan 1816 in Waltham, MA. He had only common school education and at an early age worked as a bobbin boy in a textile factory. He then apprenticed as a mechanic with Elias Howe. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at the age of 23.
Here he is as a young man
He was elected as a Democrat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving from 1849-1853, and was speaker of the house from 1851-52. In 1853 he was elected to the US Congress. He was re-elected as a Republican in 1856 and served as speaker of the house, but resigned from Congress in 1857. He served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1858-1860.
As the Civil War became imminent, President Abraham Lincoln considered Banks for a cabinet post, and eventually chose him as one of the first major generals of volunteers, appointing him on May 16, 1861. Perceptions that the Massachusetts militia was well organized and armed at the beginning of the Civil War likely played a role in the appointment decision, as Banks had also been considered for quartermaste general. He was initially resented by many of the generals who had graduated from the United States Military Academy, but Banks brought political benefits to the administration, including the ability to attract recruits and money for the Federal cause.
Banks first commanded at Annapolis, Maryland, suppressing support for the Confederacy in a slave-holding state that was at risk of seceding, then was sent to command on the upper Potomac when Brig. Gen. Robert Patterson failed to move aggressively in that area.
General Banks served in the Shendoah Valley, at Cedar Mountain, at the Battle of Mansfield, Port Hudson and the Red River Campaign.
May 29 - To market early. Saw 4 large boat loads of Gen. Grant's prisoners. 2 of our companies go as guard. Eve small prayer meeting success and pleasure in talking pastoraly with men.
May 30 - Fine day. Reinforcements morning for Gen. Grant. Distributed tracts in a.m. Warm walk to Episcopal church. P.m. good attendance of soldiers at service. Eve went to 39th but no invitation to preach. Read thoughts on missions.
May 31 - Grant has defeated various attachments of rebels in Mississippi taking Raymond and Jackson. Has devastated[?] Vicksburgh, his [?] touching the river above and below. Banks* is around Port Hudson in the same way. Sign regiments have been raised and are being raised, they fight pretty well.
* James W. Fifer of 67th OVI
* Union Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks was born 30 Jan 1816 in Waltham, MA. He had only common school education and at an early age worked as a bobbin boy in a textile factory. He then apprenticed as a mechanic with Elias Howe. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at the age of 23.
Here he is as a young man
He was elected as a Democrat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving from 1849-1853, and was speaker of the house from 1851-52. In 1853 he was elected to the US Congress. He was re-elected as a Republican in 1856 and served as speaker of the house, but resigned from Congress in 1857. He served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1858-1860.
As the Civil War became imminent, President Abraham Lincoln considered Banks for a cabinet post, and eventually chose him as one of the first major generals of volunteers, appointing him on May 16, 1861. Perceptions that the Massachusetts militia was well organized and armed at the beginning of the Civil War likely played a role in the appointment decision, as Banks had also been considered for quartermaste general. He was initially resented by many of the generals who had graduated from the United States Military Academy, but Banks brought political benefits to the administration, including the ability to attract recruits and money for the Federal cause.
Banks first commanded at Annapolis, Maryland, suppressing support for the Confederacy in a slave-holding state that was at risk of seceding, then was sent to command on the upper Potomac when Brig. Gen. Robert Patterson failed to move aggressively in that area.
General Banks served in the Shendoah Valley, at Cedar Mountain, at the Battle of Mansfield, Port Hudson and the Red River Campaign.
14 - 20 May 1863
May 14 - Women peddling whiskey give trouble. Number of men get on spr[?] and are punished.
May 15 - Saw chaplains. Lumber got and seats prepared in a grove near camp for meeting. Page very helpful.
May 17 - Service in p.m. Many of the 43rd and more of the 39th present. Ladies present. Eve Fifer led the p[rayer] meeting while I went to church.
May 18 - Ministers' meeting p.m. Saw chaplains of hospitals and others.
May 19 - Visit among the men and meeting and making improvements.
May 20 - Hear of Gen. Grant's victories near Vicksburgh about the time Hooker failed lately in a bare ground attack on the rebels in Va. Yet their loss was great.
May 15 - Saw chaplains. Lumber got and seats prepared in a grove near camp for meeting. Page very helpful.
May 17 - Service in p.m. Many of the 43rd and more of the 39th present. Ladies present. Eve Fifer led the p[rayer] meeting while I went to church.
May 18 - Ministers' meeting p.m. Saw chaplains of hospitals and others.
May 19 - Visit among the men and meeting and making improvements.
May 20 - Hear of Gen. Grant's victories near Vicksburgh about the time Hooker failed lately in a bare ground attack on the rebels in Va. Yet their loss was great.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
12 - 14 March 1863
March 12 - Lovely morning. Took my station in Provost Marshal's office. Numerous applicants for aid came in - was thronged. I like the business and had a cabin fixed for a refugee's family. Headache. No prayer meeting because no seats.
March 13 - Fine spring day. See much destitution and misery in poor families. Busy at office. I had my horse shod. Visited hospital. No mail for a few days. 2 officers of 7th [?] came to consult about meetings. Tell of meetings and revival in their regiment. I am cheered by the good news. Vicksburgh evacuated. Hope to men.
March 14 - Lovely day. Went to Purdy. Collected 7.50. Town half deserted apparently. Dined with Mr. Gardner. 3 of Tenn. cavalry came in and took dinner, [?] tired and too much inclined to be petulant.
March 13 - Fine spring day. See much destitution and misery in poor families. Busy at office. I had my horse shod. Visited hospital. No mail for a few days. 2 officers of 7th [?] came to consult about meetings. Tell of meetings and revival in their regiment. I am cheered by the good news. Vicksburgh evacuated. Hope to men.
March 14 - Lovely day. Went to Purdy. Collected 7.50. Town half deserted apparently. Dined with Mr. Gardner. 3 of Tenn. cavalry came in and took dinner, [?] tired and too much inclined to be petulant.
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