Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
Diary of Orrin Brown, Sister’s Ferry, Georgia Saturday–Feb. 4th It rained lightly through the night and was damp and wet this AM. I wrote another letter home today. It cleared off this PM and was warm and pleasant. We had Company drill both AM and PM and Dress Parade at 4 PM. There was a […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Sister’s Ferry, Georgia Friday–Feb. 3rd We had a light shower of rain in the after part of the night and it is still cloudy and damp. We had company drill at 2PM and it rained pretty near all of the time we were out. I wrote a letter hame today. I […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Sister’s Ferry near Clyo, Georgia Monday–Jan. 30th We had a pretty cold night but it came off clear and warm in the middle of the day, we had company drill this AM and then we had orders for all that had loaded guns to go out and fire them off. We […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, near Clyo, Georgia Sunday–Jan. 29th We have orders for marching this morning, the weather is still cold. The report came that the mail would go out at 2.30 PM, I wrote a short letter home. The smoke has nearly blinded my eyes today. I read 1 chapt. in the Testament today. […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, outside Springfield, Georgia Friday–Jan 27th We left the picket line at 6 AM and the regt. had left camp when we got in but we overtook them about a mile out and we marched about 1/2 mile farther and came to a creek and swamp, the creek was bridged but the […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Saturday–Jan. 21st It rained nearly all night and it is damp and cloudy this morning. We received orders last night to be ready to march at 7 this morning and about day light this morning we had orders to let our tents stand till farther orders so it is […]
For some reason, Pvt. Orrin Brown neglected his diary on 20 January 1865. Or perhaps, my ancestor who transcribed his quill to typewriter inadvertently skipped the day. Either way, a break from the Civil War today. I’ve never myself been to Savannah, Georgia, nor to either Carolina. One college friend lives in South Carolina, and […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Thursday–Jan. 12th We left camp at about 6.30 and were marched down to the city and worked on the breastworks. The 2nd Brigs. of our div. mooved down to the City and went into camp there. We had a pretty cold night last night and a heavy frost this […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Monday–Jan. 9th I had to go on Picket this morning at 3 Oclock and stood till 5 Oclock it was quite cool and misty. It began to rain about 10 Oclock AM and rained about an hour and slacked up and came off a little warmer. I wrote a […]
Diary of Orrin Brown, Savannah, Georgia Saturday–Dec. 31st The weather is cloudy and cool this morning and some sign of rain, we cleaned up our Guns etc. for inspection and it commenced raining about 9 AM and was so bad that we mustereed for pay but let the inspection go. It stoped raining about 4 […]
