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| + | Sunday 1st | ||
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| + | Wind SE Clear. We staid at home. | ||
| + | Mr Sinclair & Mr Curtis here in m.g. | ||
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| + | Monday 2 | ||
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| + | Wind SE Clear. Hauling out Farm Pen Manure | ||
| + | and scattering it. Men Cutting wood. | ||
| + | Mr Sinclairs & Mr Curtis’ family here in Evg to eat Strawberrys | ||
| + | I went to the C.H. Thousands of rumors about | ||
| + | &c | ||
| + | fighting near Richmond & at Hanover C.H. but nothing | ||
| + | reliable or clear. Tis said all communication | ||
| + | between this & Richmond is cut off by the extension | ||
| + | of the Yankee Pickets into Hanover, Caroline &c &c | ||
| + | I bought 8 lbs Salt at C H To,day [at 25 cents pr lb][underlined] | ||
| + | People from up the County & lower King & Queen say there was | ||
| + | severe fighting both Saturday & Sunday somewhere above | ||
| + | the White House. I heard havy firing Sunday myself. | ||
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| + | Tuesday 3. | ||
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| + | Wind SE. Clear in m.g. & very hot. Cloudy in Ev.g. | ||
| + | William & Nick ploughing Corn [I][crossed out] working it with hoes | ||
| + | It is too wet but the grass is so bad I am bound to work it. | ||
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| + | [This State of suspense in terrible.][undelined] Severe fighting evidently | ||
| + | occurs every day nearly, for the firing is heard, but we can | ||
| + | hear nothing of the results. Nor from Jacksons or Beauregard’s | ||
| + | armies. | ||
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| + | [Pg2] | ||
| + | |||
| + | June 1862 | ||
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| + | Wednesday 4th | ||
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| + | Wind SE. Rained hard I believe nearly all last night | ||
| + | and certainly [all][written over] to day till 4 O,clk. Every where | ||
| + | covered with water. Grass is knee high [&][crossed out] many | ||
| + | places in the Corn & I dont know when it can be worked. | ||
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| + | Thursday 5 | ||
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| + | Wind N & NE Cloudy all day & rained a little in Evening. | ||
| + | Repaired water fences. [&?] Bridges, Stopped Cow Ponds | ||
| + | Cut bushes on ditch bank. Sister Ann, Martha & Mr Sheldon | ||
| + | dined here. A Yankee deserter passed through the farm | ||
| + | To,day having crossed from Guinea. I did not see him. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Friday 6 | ||
| + | |||
| + | Wind N & NE Cloudy & colder. Rained a little several times | ||
| + | Thinning Corn. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Saturday 7 | ||
| + | |||
| + | Wind W mg E Ev.g. Cloudy & a thunder cloud & rain in Evening. | ||
| + | the | ||
| + | Thinning Corn. I went to ^ C.H. Pryor Davis got from Richmond last | ||
| + | night, he left there last Saturday. He heard on the road that we had | ||
| + | gained a great Victory last Saturday & Sunday near the Chickahominy | ||
| + | River, in which we Killed, wounded & took the entire force (40 Thousand) | ||
| + | of the Yankees (who had crossed the River) with their Artillery, [Aring?] | ||
| + | stores, Baggage in fact every thing except a few stragglers who | ||
| + | escaped. I fear our success was not as decisive as that, but all | ||
| + | in | ||
| + | sources of information concur, even that from the Yankees ^ that | ||
Latest revision as of 21:11, 25 January 2014
June 1862
Sunday 1st
Wind SE Clear. We staid at home. Mr Sinclair & Mr Curtis here in m.g.
Monday 2
Wind SE Clear. Hauling out Farm Pen Manure and scattering it. Men Cutting wood. Mr Sinclairs & Mr Curtis’ family here in Evg to eat Strawberrys I went to the C.H. Thousands of rumors about
&c
fighting near Richmond & at Hanover C.H. but nothing reliable or clear. Tis said all communication between this & Richmond is cut off by the extension of the Yankee Pickets into Hanover, Caroline &c &c I bought 8 lbs Salt at C H To,day [at 25 cents pr lb][underlined] People from up the County & lower King & Queen say there was severe fighting both Saturday & Sunday somewhere above the White House. I heard havy firing Sunday myself.
Tuesday 3.
Wind SE. Clear in m.g. & very hot. Cloudy in Ev.g. William & Nick ploughing Corn [I][crossed out] working it with hoes It is too wet but the grass is so bad I am bound to work it.
[This State of suspense in terrible.][undelined] Severe fighting evidently occurs every day nearly, for the firing is heard, but we can hear nothing of the results. Nor from Jacksons or Beauregard’s armies.
[Pg2]
June 1862
Wednesday 4th
Wind SE. Rained hard I believe nearly all last night and certainly [all][written over] to day till 4 O,clk. Every where covered with water. Grass is knee high [&][crossed out] many places in the Corn & I dont know when it can be worked.
Thursday 5
Wind N & NE Cloudy all day & rained a little in Evening. Repaired water fences. [&?] Bridges, Stopped Cow Ponds Cut bushes on ditch bank. Sister Ann, Martha & Mr Sheldon dined here. A Yankee deserter passed through the farm To,day having crossed from Guinea. I did not see him.
Friday 6
Wind N & NE Cloudy & colder. Rained a little several times Thinning Corn.
Saturday 7
Wind W mg E Ev.g. Cloudy & a thunder cloud & rain in Evening.
the
Thinning Corn. I went to ^ C.H. Pryor Davis got from Richmond last night, he left there last Saturday. He heard on the road that we had gained a great Victory last Saturday & Sunday near the Chickahominy River, in which we Killed, wounded & took the entire force (40 Thousand) of the Yankees (who had crossed the River) with their Artillery, [Aring?] stores, Baggage in fact every thing except a few stragglers who escaped. I fear our success was not as decisive as that, but all
in
sources of information concur, even that from the Yankees ^ that
