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| − | + | June 1863 | |
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| + | Friday 12th | ||
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| + | Wind S Clear. Weeding Corn. Richard came from school | ||
| + | very unwell with a cold. Joshua came with Flour. | ||
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| + | Saturday 13 | ||
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| + | Wind SW Clear & hot. Ploughing & weeding Corn. | ||
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| + | Sunday 14 | ||
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| + | Wind NE cloudy & cool. Mr Curtis & Sister Harriet here. | ||
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| + | Monday 15 | ||
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| + | Wind SW Clear Ploughing Wests’ Corn. Weeding Corn. | ||
| + | Mr J Sinclair & Mr Curtis here. Sister Ann & Martha went | ||
| + | to Wilsons Creek in Evg. | ||
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| + | Tuesday 16 | ||
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| + | Wind SE Clear Working Corn. Maj Sinclair | ||
| + | got home from Fort Norfolk where is has been kept a | ||
| + | prisoner for four or five weeks. Richard very unwell | ||
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| + | Wednesday 17 | ||
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| + | Wind SW clear. Working Corn. It is very dry | ||
| + | vegitation parching in Fields and Gardens. | ||
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| + | Thursday 18 | ||
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| + | Wind SW Clear till Evg. Then a Thunder cloud but | ||
| + | no rain here. Mary Booth here. | ||
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| + | Friday 19 | ||
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| + | Wind SW Rained in Mg. Clear in Evg. Working Corn. | ||
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| + | Saturday 20 | ||
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| + | Wind E Cloudy. Working Corn. | ||
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| + | Sunday 21 | ||
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| + | Wind E cloudy. Rained in Evg and nearly all night | ||
| + | We staid at home. Genl Ewell has taken Winchester & all | ||
| + | there | ||
| + | the forces and every thing except Milroy & 600 cavalry who | ||
| + | escaped to Harper’s Ferry. | ||
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| + | [Pg2] | ||
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| + | June 1863 | ||
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| + | Monday 22nd | ||
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| + | Wind W Clear. Broke up land to plant Peas | ||
| + | Thinned Corn. I borrowed Deal’s horse & carried | ||
| + | Mary booth and Barney home in Evg. Genl Lees Army | ||
| + | has gone to Maryland & Pennsylvania in force. They took | ||
| + | Chambersburg Pa. last Monday & the NY Herald said were advancing | ||
| + | on Harrisburg. Ewell is said to have taken Maryland Heights | ||
| + | which commands Harpers Ferry. The Panic is described as | ||
| + | very great in Washington & the whole North. Lincoln has | ||
| + | issued a proclamation calling out 120,000 Militia for defence | ||
| + | Hookers Army has retreated precipitately to Washington for | ||
| + | its defence. Major Sinclair got from Richmond last Evg. | ||
| + | He met some Yankee Cavalry from Gloster Point in King & Queen | ||
| + | Friday, he escaped but lost his horse & Buggy & letters & other | ||
| + | things he was bringing from Richmond. The Yankees returned | ||
| + | to Gloster Point yesterday carrying with them Thirty of Stephen Field’s | ||
| + | Negroes, all of T Armsteads and a good many belonging to other persons | ||
| + | & a large number of Horses, Mules & Cattle & some Carriages, &c. | ||
| + | plundered from the people of Gloster & King & Queen. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:54, 13 January 2014
June 1863
Friday 12th
Wind S Clear. Weeding Corn. Richard came from school very unwell with a cold. Joshua came with Flour.
Saturday 13
Wind SW Clear & hot. Ploughing & weeding Corn.
Sunday 14
Wind NE cloudy & cool. Mr Curtis & Sister Harriet here.
Monday 15
Wind SW Clear Ploughing Wests’ Corn. Weeding Corn. Mr J Sinclair & Mr Curtis here. Sister Ann & Martha went to Wilsons Creek in Evg.
Tuesday 16
Wind SE Clear Working Corn. Maj Sinclair got home from Fort Norfolk where is has been kept a prisoner for four or five weeks. Richard very unwell
Wednesday 17
Wind SW clear. Working Corn. It is very dry vegitation parching in Fields and Gardens.
Thursday 18
Wind SW Clear till Evg. Then a Thunder cloud but no rain here. Mary Booth here.
Friday 19
Wind SW Rained in Mg. Clear in Evg. Working Corn.
Saturday 20
Wind E Cloudy. Working Corn.
Sunday 21
Wind E cloudy. Rained in Evg and nearly all night We staid at home. Genl Ewell has taken Winchester & all
there
the forces and every thing except Milroy & 600 cavalry who escaped to Harper’s Ferry.
[Pg2]
June 1863
Monday 22nd
Wind W Clear. Broke up land to plant Peas Thinned Corn. I borrowed Deal’s horse & carried Mary booth and Barney home in Evg. Genl Lees Army has gone to Maryland & Pennsylvania in force. They took Chambersburg Pa. last Monday & the NY Herald said were advancing on Harrisburg. Ewell is said to have taken Maryland Heights which commands Harpers Ferry. The Panic is described as very great in Washington & the whole North. Lincoln has issued a proclamation calling out 120,000 Militia for defence Hookers Army has retreated precipitately to Washington for its defence. Major Sinclair got from Richmond last Evg. He met some Yankee Cavalry from Gloster Point in King & Queen Friday, he escaped but lost his horse & Buggy & letters & other things he was bringing from Richmond. The Yankees returned to Gloster Point yesterday carrying with them Thirty of Stephen Field’s Negroes, all of T Armsteads and a good many belonging to other persons & a large number of Horses, Mules & Cattle & some Carriages, &c. plundered from the people of Gloster & King & Queen.
