[from the diary of Captain William F. Hunter of Co. B, 97th Ohio]

   Nov. 1st, ’62.
Moved at about 5
A.M. this morn-
ing; passed through
Glasgow, which is
a town about the
size of Barnesville,
Ohio, and encamped
about a mile this
side, at 9 A.M.
The fact that we

are engaged in
making out our
pay-rolls, accounts
for our stopping
so early in the
day.  Rolls are to
be made out every
sixty day[s], but not
always paid then.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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[from the diary of John Ward of the 102 Pennsylvania]

Nov 1st
left this morng
at 3 oclock
to wards [-]
ferey   Whe
cras over the
Batle field of
South Montin
Near Bregettown
this moring at
10 oclock A.M to
the Pint of Recks
Whe Pass thouth
Binben at 12 None

and in Camp
one mile below
on the Calnoel
and along Side
of the Potmoc
River 8 miles
from Hopers farey
Batle there as a going
on for tow Days
at Charlstown
Whe march 16 miles
to Day
[Written in the margin: “The Rebls omestion tren to Night”]

[from the diary of Eliza Oswald Hill, refugee from Wilmington, N.C.]

Saturday–One letter from Tom–He is still near Winchester
& begs me to send him a blanket as the weather is becoming
very cold–I went out to return visits with Mrs Walters and
while at Dr Jones’ heard of an opportunity to send off a blanket
to Tom–Captain Saunders leaves Monday morning & is ta
-king a great many things to the soldiers near Winchester
& will Miss Mollie Jones assures me take Toms blanket so
I have sent it to her to give her cousin–I dont know
wen Noah will start–or whether he will go at all as
he does not wish to return & has gotten a job of work
I was quite disappointed at not hearing from Liz or Eliza
to day- We paid 4 pleasant visits–Mrs Hargraves–Mrs
Pools–The Reverend Dr Johnston–& Dr Jones’–This after
-noon I have been writing–Every day passes without
my getting any work done–Mr Wingfield & daughter got
back from Richmond to day–Nothing new from the Army
Tis reported that we have taken Plymouth from the Yankees
but how long can we hold it from their Gunboats–
Mr Grabell has commenced sending papers again–

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[from the diary of Anne Madison Wright Ambler]

Saturday, November 1, 1862

Again went to work before reading=A
practice I endeavor to avoid as I am so
much better prepared for the day when I
can read my bible & bet Gods protection from
the snares & sins which beset me all around
Impatience, Impenitence, hardness of heart
Oh God deliver me from these besetting sins
-Hear rumours of foreign intercession,
What would we not give for “peace”–I
am afraid that there will be little
to gain by the time this war is over=Pa is
terribly worried about his woods.  We walked out
to look at it. A great deal  of valuable young
timber was destroyed.  amused ourselves
looking at the various contrivances for
beds.  they showed great ingenuity- E[mma] found a
bayonet which she gave Tommie who was
charmed after playing with it- said Ma dont
tell grandPa, because he will say it belongs to
the soldiers=I told him that he must show it to his
GrandPa & I though he might prohibit his playing
with it as it was dangerous=Oh No Ma. Put it
away till I am a man, to fight the Yankees
with.  Dont show it to grand Pa; I reasoned
awhile & then left  him to his own thoughts, & this
evening as soon as Pa came he ran up to him
& told him what he had found= Pa said [but?]
my son, it is not yours it belongs to the soldiers
So it seems Tom understood him

[transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor]

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[from the diary of Joseph Addison Waddell, civilian employee of the QuarterMaster Dept.]

[from the diary of William M. Blackford, bank officer and former diplomat with five sons in the Confederate Army]

Saturday Nov. 1  Mrs. D. & her son left
us for Careyswood–Eugene D-
this morning asked the price of
the coffee.  [?] of course he supposed
which we had at Breakfast–I
told him it was made of Rye which
he found it hard to believe.  We cer
tainly have it better here than any
place I know.  Several persons have
congratulated themselves upon
drinking a cup of genuine coffee–Mr
Wyndham Robertson when last
here apologized for asking for a second
cup on the grounds that real coffee
was a rarity–I did not undeceive him.
  The Board granted the permission
I asked to make the speculation–The
discount to-day was the largest we
ever made–near $120,000
    I paid into Mc C & Irbys hands
$3000 in the name of Charles as a
manager but Charles share of it
is only $2200-Eight hundred dollars
of the money being Eugene’s–On
this margin they will pay on
their account 10,000 $ worth of
Tobacco–I am to pay them 5000 $
Tuesday on which they are purchase
15000$ worth.  There is no risk of
loss if good tobacco is bought
  the Post office was removed to day
to the second floor of the Masonic Hall
entrance from Church Street. The arrange
ments are not such as I would have
made, but they are great improvements
on the old–& what a contrast is
the room to the hole in which the
office was kept when I came to the
place to reside.

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Hd. Qrs. Cav. Brigade
Purcellville Nov 1. 11.30  A.M.
Philomont 
To General R B Marcy
Chief of Staff
General
       My Command has
arrived at this point & I am
now sending out scouts in different
directions–About one hundred
rebel cavalry left this place
hastily on our advance & took
the road to Middleburg–
    I am told there’s a force
of rebel cavalry & infantry
at Upperville—
           Have not heard
yet from Gen. Bayard-
        My force is so small
not over fifteen hundred
men–that I find myself
obliged to work my men very
hard to do the duty required
of them–For want of horses
the dismounted men left
behind have not come up

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& many of my old horses
are becoming unfit for service
by disease, colic & Rotten hoof–
     Yesterday Stuart captured
a number of 1st Rhode Island
cavalry (Stoneman’s) beyond this
place–some say a squadron
but I doubt that number–
    Could not that regiment be
sent to me–they are only
covering the ground I now
go over & are in my way–    

                  Very respectfully
                    A. Pleasonton
                      Brig. Genl

My scouts have gone to Union
& Bloomfield—

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[from the diary of Jesse Calvin Spaulding, Co. F., 25th Massachusetts]

Friday
Oct 31
Same as usual this forenoon, Inspect
tion this afternoon.  Finished reading “Pride
and Prejudice” a book which I got. Got news from an
expedition which went from here Saturday, that they
had a skirmish and we also heard cannon-
ading this noon, but dont know what it was.  May God
protect our friends and grant them the
victory if consistent with His will.

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                                            October 31st 1862

Dear Mama,

                         I believe I have written to all
at home since I last wrote to you & I will
drop you a few lines this morning to let you know
that I am well &c. We are now in Clarke County
on the turnpike leading from Charlestown to Berry
ville about 15 miles from Harper’s Ferry.Soon after I
wrote to Nannie our army moved down from Bunker
Hill to a point on the B & O rail-road below Martinsburg
where we remained until we had torn up & burnt
about 25 miles of the railroad track.  The whole
road is,during the war, in possession of the Yankee
Government & whenever we are not in possession
of this part of Virginia, it is of the greatest service
to them; all of their supplies being transported
over this road.  The road is torn up by our Generals
I think, in anticipation of having to fall back from
this section of the country soon.  When the Yankee
Government took the road at commencement
for the War, they it promised the company to place
the road at the end of the War, in the same
condition it was when they took it & to do this now will
cost them an immense sum of money.  After we finished
this job we fell back again to BunkerHill where
we remained two or three days & day before yesterday we
arrived at our present Camp.  The general impression
is that our army is falling back towards Gordonsville

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upon the same old lines it held last winter.  There is very
little forage up in this country & I suppose it is too far
from Richmond to transport it.  Our Camp here is
about 3 miles from the Shenandoah river, and apparently
in one of the finest portions of Virginia.  the farms around
here are magnificent & there are a good many very
fine looking country residences.  I went out about
5 miles from Camp yesterday “foraging,” down the river.
I stopped about 2 O’Clock at a beautiful place right
on the bank of the river owned by a man named Lewis.
I went in & bought a peck of magnificent apples
& got one of the best dinners I ever saw.  I met with two
ladies, one rather an elder lady–the other very young &
very pretty, but both married. This morning I met with
Cousin George Carrington; he is in a battery raised in
Charlottesville & commanded by Wm.McD. Carrington
I don’t know what the middle name is, but he is a very
nice young man & is a Halifaxian.  I had a good
long chat with cousin George, but he had little
or no news to tell.  I have never met with Cousin
Wattie: he has not been with the army since the
battle of Cedar Run.  I saw Leigh Robinson a few
days ago; he was was very well.  I suppose you
are still at Uncle Watt.s?  I wrote to aunt Mary
since I wrote to Nannie, but have received a
letter from neither of them yet.  I am very anxious
to hear from you all.  cousin George Carrington
tells me that old Col Bailey is dead.——-

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I must now close, mam, for there is really
nothing more to write about.  I have a plenty of
clothing now of every kind & the boys say
I am getting as fat as can be.  When I write
again, I will probably be nearer home &
if we do get down about Gordonsville
this winter I mean to go home anyhow.
Dirct your letters as heretofore “Care
Capt Wm. D. Brown, Chesapeake Artillery
Ewell’s division, Jackson’s army, Win=
chester.”  I have not been stamping my letters
lately, because it is impossible to get any
stamps up here & the mails are too uncertain
to enclose the postage.  Give my best love
to Nannie Bee[?] Cary  & little Hannah & to
Uncle Watt & write immediately to
                                       yr devoted Son
                                       James P. Williams

P.S.  You can send this up to Papa & Aunt
Mary.
           J.P.W.

James Peter Williams, 1844-1893, later a freight agent and last superintendent of the Lynchburg division of the James river and Kanawha Canal Company

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   Encamped on the Summit Point & Berryville Road
                             October 31st.  Clark Co Virginia

Friend Wm [McCauley[]
                  Sir, your letter written att Uncle Hikman’s
and kindly carried by cousin Daniel came to hand in due
time and was thankfully received by me and perused with
interest–I was glad to learn that you were enjoying yourself
so well among your friends–I should have liked very much
to share some of those sweets of kind friends with you
but circumstances forbade it–I am sorry that your hand
is not yett well   I had hoped that you would not be troub-
led with it again–As you were homeward bound I
learned that you in company with cousin Annie & Phillip
spent the night at my Father’s–How much I should
liked to meet you there–I supposed ere this you would
have written me a letter, in response to the one I wrote you
while encamped on the Opequon river.  I was quite
unwell from the 21st of Sept. till the 1st Inst.  Since that
time I have been in the enjoyment of good health–
  Our Battery has not been engaged in any fight since the
Battle of Sharpsburg.  Our old Brigade was engaged
in a skirmish on the 1st Inst. Colonel Reynolds
commanding the Brigade was severely wounded–
also major Williams of 5th Va. Regiment–The loss in killed
and wounded are estimated at about thirty–On the
day of the fight our Battery was ordered to unite with

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the 1st Regiment of Va. Artillery, commanded by Col.
Brown of Richmond, Lieutenant Colonel–Mr Coleman
late professor of the University of Va.  We are the reserve
Artillery for General Jackson’s Corps–Therfore[sic]  for-
tunately or unfortunately for us as the case may be we es-
caped the fight–The Regiment consists of six compa-
nies–each company has a battery consisting of four pieces-
the guns of the regiment are Howitzers, three inch rifled, and
Parrott guns–Our battery consists of two twenty  Pounder
and two ten Pounder Parrott guns–Tuesday the 28th we left our
camp near Bunkerhill, and on the evening of the same day we
arrived at this place–We have orders to leave this place this even-
ing or int he morning for Snicker’s Ferry–on the Shenandoah
river–Jackson’s entire corps is in the immediate neighborhood
of this camp–I suppose we are going into eastern Virgin-
ia-Everything is quiet-There are a few yankees yet at
Harper’s Ferry–On last Sunday we had a fine ran-
It has been somewhat cool here–also extremely dry-
I saw your brother the other day–He is well and
sends his compliments to you–We received a letter
from you not long since–I received a box of provisions from
home last Monday–Since than our mess has been enjoying camp
life very much–I have nothing more of interest-
give my best regards to Uncle & Aunt and all the rest of the family
Please write soon,   Yours in kindness
                                        David

               Direct yours:
David Link
    Rockbridge Artillery
  1st Virginia Regiment Artillery
        Commanded Col. Brown Command’g
                             Jackson’s Corps
                                  Winchester, Va.

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