Martyr: 1: a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion. 2: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle. It is difficult in this day and age and place to wrap our heads around the idea that […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Feb 20, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, Jenkinsville, South Carolina Monday–Feb. 20th We were on the road at 6 AM marched about 5 or 6 miles came in with the 1st Div. and went into camp for the night. Our company and 2 others of our regt. had to go on Picket tonight, the day has been warm […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Feb 10, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, at Boiling Springs, near Kline, South Carolina Friday–Feb. 10th We had a very cold night and there has been a cool west wind blowing all day but the sky has been clear. We have marched about 23 miles today the same kind of a country that we came through yesterday and […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—Oct 26, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Chattanooga, Tennessee Wednesday–Oct. 26th We got up this morning and found a cool chilly wind blowing, we were not any of us detailed to work today. I feel pretty well better than I have for several days, there is new troops coming in and going out to the front all of […]