Day 92. May 31, 1862.
92 he came before long to seem almost supernatural…. Note: Today is the Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks (note: doodle…
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Day 91. May 30, 1862.
91 Now I know he is crazy…. May Friday 30 1862 Quite cool and a very heavy dew this morning.…
Day 90. May 29, 1862.
90 spare the mockery of offering freedom to…. May Thursday 29 Cool and a heavy dew this morning and we…
Day 89. May 28, 1862.
89 With hideous yells and war whoops…. May Wensday 28 Midling cool this morning. We have a fine appearance for…
Day 88. May 27, 1862. LETTER.
88 May 27 LETTER bones are as if I had been harvesting a long while…. There is also a May…
Day 88. May 27, 1862.
88 This war went by a queer script of its own…. May Tuesday 27 1862 Quite cool this morning. We…
Day 87. May 26, 1862.
87 You had better take the larger horse; he will carry you better…. May Monday 26 1862 Very cold this…
Day 86. May 25, 1862. FIRST WINCHESTER.
Ormand F. Nims. Findagrave.com pics above by Lynn Feingold. 86 He laughed at the futility of trying to execute the…
Day 85. May 24, 1862.
85 a little swirl of bloody water…. May Saturday 24 1862 Very cool this morning. We had quite a shower…
Day 84. May 23, 1862.
84 valor which have saved it from disruption and placed it first upon earth…. May Friday 23 1862 Quite cool…
Day 83. May 22, 1862.
83 there had not been a rebellion or revolution…. May Thursday 22 Quite cool this morning and the sun came…
Day 82. May 21, 1862.
82 bred in them a thoroughgoing self-satisfaction, the most complete blindness…. May Wensday 21 1862 Quite cloudy and this morning.…
Day 81. May 20, 1862 Letter.
Note: There is also a May 20th diary entry. 81 the woods was all afire along the roads in places….…
Day 81. May 20, 1862.
81 Note: There is a May 20 letter posted today, too. penalty of buying it is death by strangulation…. May…
Day 80. May 19, 1862.
80 and you have an inkling of this war…. May Monday 19 1862 Cool this morning. We was roused up…
Day 79. May 18, 1862.
79 to limn a paternalistic society of kindly slaveholders and contented slaves…. May Sunday 18, 1862 Quite a fine morning.…
Day 78. May 17, 1862.
78 a good many oak trees about the place…. May Saturday 17 1862 Quite cool this morning. We got ready…
Day 77. May 16, 1862.
77 a sense of impending doom pervaded…. May Friday 16 1862 It is quite cloudy this morning. Some appearance for…
Day 76. May 15, 1862.
76 right of humanity and the other the divine right of kings…. Ephraim had two entries for May 15, and…
Day 74. May 13, 1862.
74 literally carried the smells of war on their bodies…. May Tuesday 13 Quite cool this morning but was very…
Day 73. May 12, 1862.
73 the officer suddenly lacked half a face…. May Monday 12 1862 Quite frosty this morning and cool. We roused…
Day 72. May 11, 1862.
72 men buried out of that prison pen still alive…. Sunday 11 Quite cool this morning. We are all buissy…
Day 71. May 10, 1862.
71 while we are not ashamed of our great-great-grandfather…. May Saturday 10 1862 Quite cool this morning. I was quite…
Day 70. May 9, 1862.
70 could carry on this war for twenty years longer…. Friday 9 Quite pleasant this morning. The men are buissy…
Day 69. May 8, 1862.
69 nothing living could cross him and get away with it…. May Thursday 8 Quite cool this morning and all…
Day 68. May 7, 1862.
68 this is almost the last report of the final flight of these birds…. May Wensday 7 1862 Frosty this…
Day 67. May 6, 1862.
67 men as if they were insects…. May Tuesday 6th 1862 Quite cool this morning. Some little rain last night…
Day 66. May 5, 1862 Letter.
66 Ephraim’s May 5 entry is posted today, also. he got Beat bad by An Irishman…. MAY 5 LETTER (Note:…
Day 66. May 5, 1862.
66 entire night there was one long, loud, and continued rumbling of heavily laden wagons…. May 5 entry Ephraim had…
Day 64. May 3, 1862.
64 the stupid courage is inconceivable…. May Saturday 3 1862 Quite a fine clear sky this morning and cool and…
Day 63. May 2, 1862.
63 40,000 men had left the line…. May Friday 2. 1862. Quite a fine morning but cloudy. Cleard off about…
Day 62. May 1, 1862.
May Quotes: Edward Ayers: But there was nothing simple or inevitable about anything related to the Civil War. Belligerent Muse:…