District of West Tennessee
Office of the Provost Marshal General
            Memphis Tenn–July 3d 1862

Special order No 11

                              X X X X X X X

               The provost marshal of the
city of Memphis will give notice to the
occupant of the late residence of the
Rebel General Williams on Shelby
Street that said residence is required
for Government purposes and will
be taken possession of to morrow
after twelve o’clock–The occupant
will not remove from said resi-
dence any property not belonging
to himself–
          By order
              Wm  S. Hillyer
         Provost Marshal General

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Surgeon Generals Office
Richmond July 3, 1862

Sir,

You are instructed to inform the
medical officers within your district who
examine Recruits that they should not be
rejected for trivial defects, but all passed
who are capable of bearing arms.
A Certificate of Disability from
any medical man, is not a sufficient
cause for the rejection of a recruit: it is
requisite that such certificates should come
from a Medical Officer designated or detailed
for their examinations.
Very Respt Yr obt. Servt.
S. P. Moore
Surgn General

Surgn A. T. Foard
Medical Director
Tupela Miss.

Samuel Preston Moore, 1813-1889
MSS 3945-a

July 3d  1862
Dear Mother

I write
to let you know
that I am well & unhurt
up to this time, I write
this on the side of the
road.  I sent word to
Aunt Mary & asked
her to write to you
I have seen nothing of
either Willie or Tom
but would have heard
if they were hurt
None of our officers
are hurt
     M L Randolph
to Mrs T J Randolph
Keswick
Albemarle

Meriwether Lewis Randolph, 1837-1871, great grandson of Thomas Jefferson

MSS 9828

[from the diary of James Dinsmore Templeton, private and musician in the 23rd Ohio]

Thursday, July 3, 1862
             Got pass this
morning for Campbell
& myself
Guard mounting after
which we practiced
After dinner went
out to Mrs Hariss
got little butter & milk
bought small towel
Mr Brames came in
with me
Parade & drill this
evening
Sweet is back with
us again
Clear warm day
Men building a
bake oven

MSS 10317

[from the diary of Frank C. Fitzhugh of Cutshaw’s Battery]

                                  Thursday 3
Moved; this evening, one
mile nearer Richmond
where we took up camp

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 4448

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

Thursday 3d pouring down rain–2 letters one from Joe—The other
from Mrs Jewett–She mentions the death of Clarence Martin-A
very fine young man killed in the battle before Richmond–Her
son Shepherd had also gone off as substitute for some gentleman–He
is only 16 years of age–War news still favourable to the Confederates..
Our forces have driven the Federals to their gunboats–or at best
McLennan’s endeavouring to get there–But Stone Wall Jackson
if nothing unforseen occurs will take them all–Mondays fight
has been a terrible one–Thousand[s] of our brave men have fallen–
McGruder’s &Huger’s divisions were engaged–

MSS 6960

[from the diary of Dr. Brodie Strachan Herndon]

3d  Lucy & I take a 10 mile ride
I met Dr Washington and got late
Richmd Papers.  Terrible terrible
fighting near Richmond!  We have
beaten the Enemy badly, but with a
terrible cost of life

MSS 2563-b

[from the diary of Anne Madison Willis Ambler ]

Thursday July 3 1862

The sun shone brightly & we started early to
Orleans.  Mary, Cary, Tom Jacque & myself–
Called at Mrs. Duncan’s, found Orleans more
empty than we expected as Mr. Johnson had
gone to Washington to buy more goods. We got a
few things and then went on to Prospect Hill–
Found Beck alone as Cousin Eliza & Milly
were at Dr. S[tribling]s.  I should have said Mrs. Little was
spending the day with her. She was very glad to
see us– Cousin Jacquelin didn’t come home
till late.  Had some trouble about a horse
— Beck was very uneasy about him.  she reminded
me so much of myself.  When cousin Jacquelin
came he tried to satisfy her as to what he had
done but she as convinced he might have acted
differently.  He wants to go to Richmond–But
Beck said indeed it is a hard case for you to
bring me here to stay & then go off and leave me
all the time. Well I won’t go if you
object to it said Cousin J[acque]—so they went on–
I thought that if I only had you at home I
would not complain anymore when you wanted
to make a visit or when you staid out late or spent
the day away from home when you had intended returning–
Those days seem “long ago”–
Cousin Jacquelin brought rumors of the fight–
& we claim a victory so far but we are still fighting–
Oh it is awful.

As transcribed in 1972 by her granddaughter Anne Madison Wright Baylor

MSS 15406

[from the diary of Samuel Johnson of the 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Artillery]

July 3rd

About ten A. M, Gen Mc Clellan commenced
to form his new line.  Shortly after, the rebs
who had followed close on our rear, opened
on us with a rifled battery, making some
excellent shots, but they could not dance long
to the music of the 100 pdrs from our Gun boats,
so they retired, and all became quiet again.
By 9. P. M. our line was formed.  Our battery is
now on piquet.  Cloudy, unpleasant and very
muddy.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 8493