Day 61. April 30, 1862.
61 dilapidated caricatures of that elegance…. April Wensday 30 1862 Quite cool this morning. I found myself in camp near…
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Day 60. April 29, 1862.
60 talk is about going home, by what route…. April Tuesday 29 1862 Raining some this morning. We had to…
Day 59. April 28, 1862.
59 saving the country from further desolation…. Monday 28 Quite wet this morning and it cleard off and was a…
Day 58. April 27, 1862.
58 I don’t believe you can get away with it…. April Sunday 27 A very fine morning and the sun…
Day 57. April 26, 1862.
57 cotton floated down the Mississippi one sheet of living flame…. Saturday 26 Quite cool this morning and the sun…
Day 56. April 25, 1862.
56 shot through with sentiment, moonshine, and special pleading…. April Friday 25 1862 Quite a fine morning and the day…
Day 55. April 24, 1862.
55 non-slaveholding whites referred to by the Southern gentlemen as constituting any part of what they called the South…. Thursday…
Day 54. April 23, 1862.
54 did not seem to occur to the generous donor…. April Wensday 23 Quite cool this morning and very stormy…
Day 53. April 22, 1862.
53 to burn the barn with horses inside…. Tuesday 22 Quite a cool morning. The wind was blowing some and…
Day 52. April 21, 1862.
52 We have suffered till we feel savage…. April Monday 21 1862 Quite a wet morning this morning rained all…
Day 51. April 20, 1862
51 “DEVIL” scrawled on one of the bricks…. Sunday 20 Raining this morning and part of the night and very…
Day 50. April 19, 1862.
50 huge, strange cries, differing from any other…. April Saturday 19 Quite cool and cloudy this morning and looks for…
Day 49. April 18, 1862.
49 they had no historian and they left no record…. Friday 18 Quite cool this morning but cloudy and looks…
Day 48. April 17, 1862.
48 no one in Washington knew where the army was…. April Thursday 17 It very fine this morning and is…
Day 47. April 16, 1862.
47 long broad black serpents slowly undulating in every direction…. -Wensday 16- Quite a fine morning and the birds are…
Day 46. April 15, 1862.
46 beware the people weeping…. April Tuesday 15 1862 Quite a pleasant morning. I was in camp helping Dr Church*…
Day 45. April 14, 1862.
45 ordered them shot down like dogs…. Monday 14 1862 Quite cool this morning and has appearance of a fine…
Day 44. April 13, 1862.
44 This was not a minstrel-show land, after all….. Sunday 13 1862 Quite a pleasant morning. It was somewhat cloudy…
Day 43. April 12, 1862.
43 scream for mercy but they were ordered to their feet…. April Saturday 12 1862 Quite cool. The ground frozen…
Day 42. April 11, 1862.
42 it was worth dying just to listen to…. April Friday 11 1862 Quite cool this morning and bids to…
Day 41. April 10, 1862.
41 I bid you an affectionate farewell…. April Thursday 10 1862 Quite a disagreeable morning cold and snow on the…
Day 40. April 9, 1862.
40 Is Lee over there? asked General Grant, pointing…. April Wensday 9 1862 Looks very much like winter this morning…
Day 39. April 8, 1862.
39 do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender…. April Tuesday 8 1862 Quite cool this…
Day 38. April 7, 1862.
38 we have cringed before Slavery as long as we will…. April Monday 7 1862 Quite a pleasant morning but…
Day 37. April 6, 1862.
37 I felt like anything else but laughing…. April Sunday 6 A very fine morning. We have a bright morning.…
Day 36. April 5, 1862.
36 talking rarely and in monosyllables…. April Saturday 5 1862 Quite cool this morning and the sun came up bright…
Day 35. April 4, 1862.
35 He was not out in that storm…. April Friday 4 1862 Quite cool this morning and the sun came…
Day 34. April 3, 1862.
34 he could have gone right on up to Richmond without difficulty…. April Thursday 3 1862 Quite a fine morning.…
Day 33. April 2, 1862.
33 there came a feeling as of swinging bells…. and he was directed by negroes…. April Wensday 2 1862 Quite…
Day 32. April 1, 1862.
April Quotes: Henry James: We talk of the provincial, but the provinciality projected by the Confederate dream, and in which…