Diary of Orrin Brown, Sneedsboro, North Carolina Saturday–March 4th We broke up camp at 6 AM and found very bad roads AM but the roads were good PM. We had about 2 hours rain after we started this morning but it faired off and was quite pleasant the rest of the day we must have […]
Diary of Orrin BrownâDec 6, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, on the Savannah Road in Eastern Georgia. Tuesday–Dec. 6th We left camp about 8 AM marched about 40 rods and layed there till near noon, we were detailed as train guards again today we marched 21 miles and went nite about 6 PM, here we found wood very scarce with the […]
Diary of Orrin BrownâOct 11, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Kalamazoo, Michigan Tuesday–Oct. 11th Clear and warm–our town have their quota full and the boys have their discharge and start home this afternoon. I have two friends here yet from Pipestone but they have got furloughs and are going home tonight so I am left alone. We had two rousing war […]
Presidents Day Thoughts on the Failure of Politics
I try to avoid getting too political on this blog, although this month with my tributes to President Reagan’s 100th birthday it might not seem that way. Â Politics inevitably invades all human endeavors. Â It starts when we are youngâwatch groups of elementary kids closely and the pecking order soon becomes apparent. Â Some of us are […]