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Diary of Orrin BrownâApril 24, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Monday–Apr. 24th We had a cool night but it came off warm and pleasant through the day with a gentle S. W. wind. There was some more troops came in today and … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin BrownâApril 21, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Friday–Apr. 21st We had a nice night but it has been cloudy and quite warm the most of the day with light showers of rain but it is cool this evening. There … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin BrownâApril 19, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Wednesday–Apr. 19th We had a pretty heavy thunder storms in the night it lasted about two hours. We were all called out today and our names taken together with our Co. Regt. … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin BrownâApril 14, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Friday–Apr. 14th We had a quite a cool night but it came off warm and pleasant with a gentle S. E. wind we drew our cup of Coffee and a small piece … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin BrownâMarch 4, 1865
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 … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin BrownâJan 24, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Tuesday–Jan. 24th The weather is a little cooler today. I wrote a letter to Mr. Moore folks today we had dress parade again this PM but the smoke hurt my eyes so that I … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin BrownâJan 19, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Thursday–Jan. 19th We received orders this morning and left camp at about 8 AM and we pitched in and carried off all the lumber they had in their tents and about 4 PM they … Continue reading
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