Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Diary of Orrin Brown, on Cedar Creek near Pelion, South Carolina Tuesday–Feb. 14th We were on the road at 6 AM and we marched very steady all day. We crossed a small river at 11 AM and haulted about two hours for them to build a bridge so the train could cross we started out […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, on Dean’s Swamp, outside Springfield, South Carolina Monday–Feb. 13th We were on the road again this morning at 7 Oclock, we marched across the river and went into camp with orders to fix up quarters for the day and at 12 Oclock we had orders to be ready to march at 1 […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, outside Williston, South Carolina Sunday–Feb 12th We were on the road again this morning at 6 Oclock marched, out to the Brig. about 4 miles and haulted to draw rations to last us three but did not have time to issue them before we had to fall in again. I was […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Barnwell, South Carolina Saturday–Feb. 11th We were on the road about 6 AM and marched very fast till about 9 AM. We haulted then for the 1st & 3rd Divi. trains to pass. We fell in again at 1 PM and marched about 3 miles to the vilage of Barnwell where […]
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, on King’s Creek in South Carolina Thursday–Feb. 9th I was detailed with 6 others of my company and 7 out of each in the regt. to go in advance as foragers for the regt. We left camp at 6.30 AM and they put us right through on the quick step and […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Brighton, South Carolina Wednesday–Feb. 8th We got up this morning and found it quite cool with a high west wind. There was a boat sunk down at the landing yerterday afternoon and it was loaded with Hardtack, Sugar, and Coffee, and there was over 100 Boxes of Hard tack got wet […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Robertville, SC Tuesday–Feb. 7th It rained all night and all the fournoon today. I wrote another letter home today, the mail came in this afternoon but none for me yet. We have no marching orders yet. It is still cloudy and cool this evening. We drew one days rations of Hardtack […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Robertville, SC Monday–Feb. 6th We got up this morning and found ourselves in S. Carolina in a barren scrubby Black Oak country, the soil is sand. We have no marching orders but I think we will move again tomorrow morning, the mail went out again today at 11 AM, I wrote […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Robertville, SC Sunday–Feb. 5th The weather came off nice clear and warm this morning. We received orders about 11 Oclock last night to be ready to march at a moments warning, some of the boys cralled out and began to pack up and cook something to take with them and in […]
