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Tag Archives: John Jasper Wyeth
18 June 1863: “. . . dismissed, probably forever.”
Item description: Brief entry, dated 18 June 1863, from Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina, an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, published accounts, published diaries
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28 April 1863: “Warm and rainy. Our guard is the same, however, rain or no rain.”
Item description: Brief entry, dated 28 April 1863, from Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina, an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, published accounts, Washington (N.C)
Comments Off on 28 April 1863: “Warm and rainy. Our guard is the same, however, rain or no rain.”
26 April 1863: “…we are in the best quarters we have had since leaving Boston, so we ought not to grumble.”
Item description: Diary entry, dated 26 April 1863, by John J. Wythe, who served in Co. E of the 44th Massachusetts Volunteers. He describes his accommodations (a house on Broad Street) in New Bern, North Carolina, during the Union Army’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, diaries, diary, food, housing, John Jasper Wyeth, New Bern, North Carolina, occupation, occupied territory, published diaries, soldier conditions, Union occupation, Union soldiers, United States Army
Comments Off on 26 April 1863: “…we are in the best quarters we have had since leaving Boston, so we ought not to grumble.”
6 March 1863: “To be noted. Our company was declared the cleanest company! Consequently no guard for us to-morrow.”
Item description: Brief entry, dated 6 March 1863, from Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina, an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, guard duty, John Jasper Wyeth, North Carolina, published accounts
Comments Off on 6 March 1863: “To be noted. Our company was declared the cleanest company! Consequently no guard for us to-morrow.”
24 February 1863: “Promenading and flirting wound up the affair about eleven o’clock.”
Item description: Portions of “Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina,” an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The book … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, dances, diversions, John Jasper Wyeth, North Carolina, published accounts
Comments Off on 24 February 1863: “Promenading and flirting wound up the affair about eleven o’clock.”
7 February 1863: “We foraged right and left; hardly a man of us without two or three old hens, dipper full of honey, and a few with ham or two.”
Item description: Portions of “Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina,” an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The book … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, food, foraging, John Jasper Wyeth, published accounts
Comments Off on 7 February 1863: “We foraged right and left; hardly a man of us without two or three old hens, dipper full of honey, and a few with ham or two.”
8 January 1863: “We have had several cases of fever lately, occasioned, it is said, by malaria from the lower swamps in the neighborhood.”
Item description: Portions of “Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina,” an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The book … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Civil War medicine, illness, John Jasper Wyeth, malaria, Massachusetts, North Carolina, published accounts
Comments Off on 8 January 1863: “We have had several cases of fever lately, occasioned, it is said, by malaria from the lower swamps in the neighborhood.”
29 November 1862: “Pudding, pudding, who’s got the pudding?”
Item description: Item description: Portions of “Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina,” an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Masachusetts Infantry Regiment. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, holidays, John Jasper Wyeth, published accounts, Thanksgiving
Comments Off on 29 November 1862: “Pudding, pudding, who’s got the pudding?”
27 November 1862: “Thanksgiving was a great day in the barracks and a fine day outside, except for those who are on guard.”
Item description: Portions of Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina, an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (published in 1878). … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, entertainment, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, North Carolina, published diaries, Thanksgiving
Comments Off on 27 November 1862: “Thanksgiving was a great day in the barracks and a fine day outside, except for those who are on guard.”
26 October 1862: “Most all of us came to the conclusion that North Carolina was a tough place, barren and desolate, and hardly worth the cost of fighting for it.”
Item description: Portions of Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina, an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Masachusetts Infantry Regiment. The book, … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Books, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, published diaries, ships, steamers
Comments Off on 26 October 1862: “Most all of us came to the conclusion that North Carolina was a tough place, barren and desolate, and hardly worth the cost of fighting for it.”