Diary of Orrin Brown, Goldsboro, North Carolina Wednesday–Mar. 29th We have had several light showers today and it looks as though we would have more rain tonight. I wrote a letter to Elmer and one to Ad Hamilton today. The regt. was on dress parade and after that they had batalion for about half an […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—March 7, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Stewartstown, North Carolina Tuesday–March 7th We got up this morning and found a heavy frost but the day came off clear and warm. The troops were crossing the river all night. I heard that the Pontoon Bridge broke again some time in the after part of the night which caused a […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Feb 25, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Rocky Mount, South Carolina Saturday–Feb. 25th It rained all night & till about 8 AM steady and it has been damp and cloudy all day. Our regt. went out on detail at 5.30 PM. I was not very well and got excused from duty and my eyes have been nearly smoked […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Dec 16, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown— Friday–Dec. 16th We cleaned up our street this morning then went out on drill for one hour but had no duty to do in the afternoon. The day has been very warm. The rebs are throwing shell up through here this evening and our battery is returning the complement. The weather […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Oct 27, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Chattanooga, Tennessee Thursday–Oct. 27th It rained last night verry hard for a while but our mess kept pretty dry but there was lots of them that had no tent and got a good soaking when we got out this morning we found our dusty Camp Ground verry muddy. There were 50 […]