1862 Confederate Diary

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War-date Confederate soldiers diary, ID “Wm. L. Hopkins Danilsville” a member of the Quartermasters Department, 100p. 3-1/2”x5-3/4”, pencil, with entries from March 10, 1862 to January 20, 1863, and reads in part: “..March 26th & 27th...brought in 14 Yankees. March 28th Yankees advanced very suddenly and fired 15 or 20 shells in our camps...our battery returned the compliment...Sunday 30th...brought in 28 Yankees most of them officers...[4/3/62]brought in 7 Yankees and an old man from Faugquier County charged with guiding them, his name is Monroe...[4/12/62] 37 Government wagons and the greatest quantity of harness at Rapidan...[4/16/62]news by telegraph that they had repulsed the enemy 3 times at Yorktown...[4/19/62]recd news of the capture of Fredericksburg by the enemy. Our forces are falling back from the Rappahannock...[4/22/62] while standing at the Depot I was saluted by a hundred voices who turned out to be our old detail from the 21st Georgia Regiment while at Rapphannock...[5/3/62]heard the drum and fife in the Yankee camp and the cars on the road; was entertained with the greatest hospitality by both Messers [David] Fitzhugh and Hanton, long life to them both...[5/6/62]Yankees came to Culpepper C.H. yesterday, took off 3 citizens...[5/17/62]29 Yankees came on their way to Richmond, making some 70 or 80 in the last week...[5/19/62] sent 21 teams to S[?]ville with supplies for Genl. Ewell...[5/26/62] Negro Randal was drowned in the Rapidan river...[5/31/62] left Gordonsville for Genl. Ewell’s Army...[6/8/62] saw some 20 or 30 Yank officers on parole. Went to see the University of Virginia...started with the horses for Gen. Ewell’s Division of the Army...[6/10] arrived at Browns Pass in the Blue Ridge which was so blocked up with our troops and wagons that we could not pass...sat by the fire all night with the Virginia Artillery of Albemarle County, nearly starved, Lieut Dinwiddie of said company kindly gave us some thing to eat...[7/2/62] Heard a most tremendous canonading at Richmond...[7/27/62]Went to Montpelier the former residence of ex President Madison and got 54 barrels of corn, it is a fine plantation...[8/9/62] About 2 PM heavy cannonading in the direction of Culpepper C.H. At 5 OC heavy fight going on...at 11PM passing sever hundred prisoners on the road...[8/10/62] rode by the battle field where I saw another horrible sight. Again we were hauling off the wounded and ordnance that had been captured. At 2 PM we had a most tremendous stampede with the teamsters...I saw them coming by the hundreds , yelling that the Yankees were coming, the wagoneers and stragglers from the Army...the Bull Run races could not touch them...[8/17/62]came in sight of the Yankee Army which pulled up stakes and left...[8/24/62]encamped and issued out forage. Heavy cannonading at the springs all day; a large fire at the springs at sunset; could see the yankee wagons leaving...[8/31/62]heard this day that Genl Ewell lost one of his legs...[11/6/62] The Army are confronting the Yankees for miles along the Blue Ridge...” Some pages have come loose at binding, else about VG.

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