Stott, Samuel Diary (1865)
This is the 1865 diary of Samuel Stott who served with Company D, 3rd New York Cavalry during the Civil War. The diary includes reference to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.[page 1] Patterson Park Hospital Ward 7 Baltimore M.D. Pocket Diary 1865 Containing A Blank Space for Every day in th...
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This is the 1865 diary of Samuel Stott who served with Company D, 3rd New York Cavalry during the Civil War. The diary includes reference to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.[page 1]
Patterson Park Hospital
Ward 7
Baltimore M.D.
Pocket Diary 1865
Containing A Blank Space for Every day in the Year
Calendar
Rates of Postage
Published annually
For the Trade, 1865
[page 2]
Calendar 1865
List of Sundays in the Year 1865
[page 3]
The first new pages of this diary have miscellaneous entries not date specific.
Samuel a. Stott (written several times on first page of the diary) also,
James Drummond, Andes Del of New York.
[page 4]
Second page: Samuel A. Stott, Bovina Valley, New York (written 3 times).
[page 5]
Third page: Patterson Park, May 16th
Officers in command of Co.D., 3rd NY Cav.
Thursday, January 12, 1865
Owing to recent orders from the war it is impossible for an enlisted man to get to his regiment,
therefore it would oblige me very much if you would make out my description list and send to the surgeon in charge of the hospital without delay. Yours respectfully
Private Samuel A. Stott
Co. D, 3rd NY Cav.
[page 6]
Thursday January 19, 1865
Furlough expired 7
Married at the house of the bride’s father in Andes, June 13,
Elder John Britt of Bevin to Miss Elizabeth Taylor of the former place.
The deacon tired of single life. Thought he would try out for a wife.
The trial made he did first rate in choosing Betsy for his mate.
[page 7]
Sunday, January 22, 1856
The deacon sparked for twenty years, but now his sparkings done,
he had poor luck but then at last he sparked and got the right one.
[page 8]
Wednesday, February 15, 1865
Wm. Stott
Amount due up to first of April, 1868
$214.00
46.00
46.00
107.50
12.67
1.50
20.00
$447.47
[page 9]
(First regular entry on Tuesday, February 21, 1865)
Tuesday, February 21, 1865
Went down to Adam Cormans visiting in the p.m., clear and warm. John Elliot went with us.
Wednesday, 22
Clear with wind in the south, came home in the a.m., rained in the p.m.
Thursday, 23
Mrs. Scott’s funeral
Warm & pleasant, it rained some. Father and mother went to St. Thomas Town visiting in the evening.
Will went to Andes in the p.m. A Wieall and R. Biggar married.
Friday, February 24, 1865
Clear, pleasant. Father and mother went over to Strangeways visiting.
I went up to Bruthland, stayed all night at Walters.
Saturday, 25th
Went down home with Uncle Walter’s folks. Clear and pleasant in the a.m.
Went up with uncles folks in the evening. Rainy night, stayed all night. R. Hay buried.
Sunday, 26th
Went to church, sleepy, going to Mr. Lees teached text in Jeremiah 31st chapter and 19 verse,
came home to night. Cleared up and froze.
[page 10]
Monday, February 27, 1865
Clear and pleasant, thawed some. James Brown came over in the p.m. Went up to Amoses visiting,
also spelling (?) school at night.
Tuesday, 28th
Snowed in the a.m. rather cold. Cahouns folks and poor Elliot and Elizabeth Cavin
came a visiting in the evening. Will went to Jacks office.
Wednesday, March 1, 1865
Rather cold and cloudy in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m.
Will went to Andes after his overcoat in the evening.
Thursday, 2nd
Cold with south wind. Started for Annapolis.
Will took me to Dill’s stayed all night at Darnell’s. Took the Lansack (?) stage in the morning.
Friday, 3rd
Took the stage for Hancock, got there about 1 ½ o’clock, rained some,
took the _____express for Jersey City.
Saturday, March 4, 1865
Got to Jersey City about 4 o’clock took the 8 o’clock express for Baltimore got to Baltimore at 9 o’clock, took the 6 o’clock train for Annapolis, got to the parole camp at 8 ½ o’clock. Lincoln inaugurated.
[page 11]
Sunday, 5th
Reported to the hospital. Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Cloudy in the p.m.
Monday, 6th
Clear and quite warm all day, wrote a letter to father. Several of the patients got furlough.
Tuesday, 7th
Clear but windy and quite cold. Went up to the bushes for the first time.
Nothing of interest transpired. Clouded up in the evening and looked like a storm. Ward Master died.
Wednesday, March 8, 1865
Cloudy and quite cool in the a.m. Rained some in the p.m. Removed to Annapolis.
Stayed all night at the general hospital.
Thursday, 9th
Got aboard the U.S. Hospital Boat and went to Baltimore. Admitted into Peterson Park Hospital.
Cloudy and wet.
Friday, 10th
Cold and snowed a little. Examined by the doctor.
[page 12]
Saturday, March 11, 1865
Clear and pleasant, wrote a letter to father. Some of the men received furloughs.
Sunday, 12th
Clear and pleasant, had a chill and fever.
Monday, 13th
Warm and pleasant, the doctor prescribed medicine for my chills. A squad of sick and wounded from Annapolis.
Tuesday, March 14, 1865
Warm and pleasant, had another cold chill.
Wednesday, 15th
Warm and muggy, sent in my clothes to be washed.
Thursday, 16th
Warm and foggy had a light chill.
[page 13]
Friday, March 17th, 1865
Clear but rather cool, did not feel very well.
Saturday, 18th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Cloudy and quite cool in the p.m.
Sunday, 19th
Clear and pleasant, did not feel very well. Inspection
Monday, March 20, 1865
Clear and very warm. Lay in bed most all day.
Tuesday, 21st
Cloudy and windy, looks like a storm.
Wednesday, 22nd
Cloudy and quite cool.
[page 14]
Thursday, 23rd
Clear and frosty. Stayed in bed all day. Very windy.
Friday, 24th
Rather cool. H. Cupper and C. Leonard received their discharges.
Saturday, March 25, 1865
Quiet cool, nothing of interest transpired.
Sunday, 26th
Cold and windy. Received a letter from Net, did not answer it.
Monday, 27th
Clear but rather cool, answered Net’s letter.
Tuesday, 28th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Clouded up in the p.m.
[page 15]
Wednesday, March 29th
Cloudy and dull, looks like a storm.
Thursday, 30th
Rainy morning, rainy and wet all day. Very heavy rain at night.
Friday, 31st
Still wet and rainy
Saturday, April 1, 1865
Clear and rather cold. James Monroe died.
Sunday, 2nd
Clear and pleasant, examination as usual. (the fall of Richmond).
Monday, 3rd
Clear and pleasant. News of the fall of Petersburg and Richmond reached Baltimore.
[page 16]
Tuesday, 4th
Cloudy and dull, looks like a storm. Official information of the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond.
Wednesday, 5th
Cloudy and dull
Received a letter from Father, answered it. A gentleman came after Basset and Eastman.
Thursday, 6th
Cloudy and dull, Joshua M. Irving died great illumination.
Friday, 7th
Received a letter from Walters. Cloudy and dull. Answered Walter’s letter.
Saturday, 8th
Clear and pleasant but rather cool.
Sunday, 9th
Cloudy and looked like a storm, rained at night.
[page 17]
Monday, April 10th, 1865
Cloudy and rainy. Basset and Eastman got their discharges, more sick and wounded come.
Tuesday, 11th
Cloudy and dull. Basset and Eastman started for home, rained at night.
Wednesday, 12th
Cloudy and dull with wind. Received a letter from Net, did not answer it. Wickes returned from furlough.
Thursday, April 13, 1865
Cloudy and dull in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m. Sent after my descriptive list,
received a letter from Will, did not answer it.
Friday, 14th
Clear and pleasant. Answered Will’s letters. President Lincoln shot through the head in the theatre
at Washington at nine o’clock at night, escape of the murder[er]. Seward also shot.
Saturday, 15th
Cloudy and dull, rained some. President Lincoln died at 4 o’clock this morning.
General mourning throughout the land
[page 18]
Sunday, April 16th, 1865
Clear, cool and rainy, rather disagreeable. Examination as usual. Major Sims confined to bed.
Monday, 17th
Clear and pleasant, felt first rate. Wrote a letter to George.
Tuesday, 18th
Dull and cloudy, quite warm.
Wednesday, April 19th, 1865
Clear and pleasant, firing of guns in honor of Lincoln, his funeral at 12 o’clock.
Thursday, 20th
Cloudy and dull in the a.m. Rained very hard in the p.m.
Friday, 21st
Cloudy and very unpleasant. President Lincoln’s funeral in Baltimore.
[page 19]
Saturday, April 22nd, 1865
Cloudy and cold, nothing of interest transpired. Several men sent out of ward to the front.
Sunday, 23rd
Clear and very chilly, examination as usual.
Monday, 24th
Clear and pleasant, got up and put on my pants for the first time.
Tuesday, 25th
Clear, pleasant and warm. Received a letter from Will.
Wednesday, 26th
Clear and warm. Answered Will’s letter
Thursday, 27th
Clear and very warm. Got up and put on my pants.
[page 20]
Friday, 28th
Dull and hazy warm. Nothing of interest transpired.
Saturday, 29th
Cloudy and a very high wind. Heavy thunder shower in the p.m.
Sunday, 30th
Clear and quite cool. Major Sims came around on inspection.
Monday, May 1, 1865
Cloudy and rainy in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m.
Tuesday, 2nd
Clear and cold
Wednesday, 3rd
Clear and pleasant. Received a letter from Will and Net
[page 21]
Thursday, May 4, 1865
Clear and unpleasant in the a.m. Cloudy in the p.m. Wrote a letter to Net.
Friday, 5th
Cloudy and rained a little in the a.m. Cleared up and very warm in the p.m.
Saturday, 6th
Thunder shower in the morning. Cleared up and the sun came out very warm.
Sunday, 7th
Clear and pleasant. Examination as usual. Sat up all day.
Monday, 8th
Clear and very warm. Received a letter from Walter. Major went to Annapolis.
Tuesday, 9th
Cloudy and rainy, some______, answered Walter’s letter. Sergeant Hoadly started for home.
[page 22]
Wednesday, May 10, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Mustering officers came. Rob Little.
Thursday 11th
Clear and warm in the a.m. Thunder shower in the p.m. Commenced mustering out.
Friday, 12th
Clear and cold, mustering out and discharging. ________Robert’s ankle.
Saturday, May 13, 1865
Clear and pleasant, received a letter from George did not answer it.
Sunday, 14th
Clear and war in the a.m. cloudy and looks like a rain storm in the p.m. Answered George’s letter.
One year since W.H. Stott was killed.
Monday, 15th
Clear and pleasant all day, nothing of importance transpired.
[page 23]
Tuesday, 16th
Clear and very warm.
Wednesday, 17th
Clear and very warm. Received a letter from father, sent after my descriptive list. Answered father’s letter.
Thursday, 18th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. cloudy and windy in the p.m. Rained at night.
Friday, May 19th, 1865
Cloudy and dull, nothing of importance. Major gone to Annapolis, received two papers from home.
Saturday, 20th
Dull and cloudy with showers.
Sunday, 21st
Cloudy and showery. Received a letter from Walter.
[page 24]
Monday, 22nd
Warm and muggy. Cleared up at night and turned cooler. Answered Walter’s letter.
Tuesday, 23rd
Clear and pleasant.
Wednesday, 24th
Clear and pleasant, received a letter from Net, answered it.
Thursday, May 25, 1865
Clear and pleasant, received a letter and two papers from father, received a ______.
Friday, 26th
Answered father’s letter, rained all day.
Saturday, 27th
Dull and cloudy, received a letter from George.
[page 25]
Sunday, May 28th, 1865
Pleasant day, answered George’s letter.
Monday, 29th
Clear and pleasant, general inspection. Wrote a letter to John Laidlaw.
Tuesday, 30th
Clear and very warm, my descriptive list came.
Wednesday, 31st
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Clouded up in the p.m.
Thursday, June 1, 1865
Warm & muggy. Got my discharge from the United States Army at Patterson Park Hospital, Baltimore, M.D.
Friday, 2nd
Very warm day, did not start home. Expressed my satchel home.
[page 26]
Saturday, June 3, 1865
Clear and very warm, did not start home because I could not get my pay.
Sunday, 4th
Clear and warm. Inspection as usual. Sacrament at Bovina and Cabin Hill Churches.
Monday, 5th
Very warm. Got my pay which amounted to $93.43. Took the 9 o’clock train for home. Paid $4.50 for my ticket.
Tuesday, June 6, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Got to NY at 8 o’clock. Detained one half hour by the train running off the track.
Took the 7 o’clock train for Hancock. Paid $4.65 for my ticket.
Wednesday, 7th
Warm and dusty. Took the Delhi stage, paid $1 for ticket, got to Delhi at 5 o’clock.
Went to John McNee’s, staid all night.
Thursday, 8th
Clear and very warm. Did not go home. Wrote a letter to Riggs. Got a bottle of medicine.
[page 27]
Friday, June 9th, 1865
Clear and warm in the a.m. Clouded up and a heavy thunder shower in the p.m. did not go home.
Saturday, 10th
Wilson McNee took me home. Showery all day. Father got the returns for the spring butter which
amounted to $118.53. Jakey came here to night.
Sunday, 11th
Cleared up and pleasant day, the bees swarmed in the p.m. I did not go to meeting.
Monday, June 12, 1865
Clear and warm, bought cloth for a vest and pair of pants at 18 shilling per yard, also got some handkerchiefs.
Tuesday, 13th
Clear and warm. A swarm of bees came off. Clouded up in the p.m.
Wednesday, 14th
Rather cloudy. Father and the girls went to Dellin. Got home. My satchel expressage $2.75.
[page 28]
Thursday, June 15, 1865
Cloudy with a cold south wind, rained a little in the morning. The girls commenced papering the bedroom.
Friday, 16th
Cloudy and rained a little in the morning, quite cool. Adam Raith came up in the evening.
Saturday, 17th
Cleared off, Father and Jane went over to Andes. A swarm of bees came off. Very warm.
Sunday, June 18, 1865
Extremely warm, our folks did not go to meeting. Heavy thunder all around.
George and A. McLaughlin came over in the evening.
Monday, 19th
Father sowed the buckwheat. Cloudy and muggy. Got stung with a bee.
Tuesday, 20th
Cloudy and rained a little. Worked on the roads.
[page 29]
Wednesday, June 21, 1865
Clear and quite warm. The girls went over to Calhouns visiting. A swarm of bees came off.
Uncle Alex Storie came to take the census. Father ploughed out the potatoes.
Thursday, 22nd
Warm with thunder showers. A. Raitt’s folks and Jane went to Delhi. Jenette went over to Cabin Hill.
Walter and Harriet came visiting. Father ploughed the corn. Cleared off quite cool.
Friday, 23rd
Clear and pleasant. Worked on the roads. A second swarm of bees came off. Allison Cronin came up visiting.
Saturday, June 24, 1865
Clear and warm in the a.m. Went up to Brushland, got my pants and vest cut, charge 30 cents.
Clouded up and rained in the p.m. A third swarm of bees came off.
Sunday, 25th
Warm and pleasant. No preaching at Lee’s church. Our folks went to Andes.
Monday, 26th
Cloudy and looked like rain. Finished hoeing the corn and potatoes. Commence raining about ten o’clock.
Net went over to Andes. Wat. Amos came again to ask to his raising. Walter came after money.
[page 30]
Tuesday, 27th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. with a light wind. Wat Amos’s raising in the p.m.
Wednesday, 28th
Clear and quite cool. Father and me went up to the Huddle. I purchased a necktie for 2 ½ cts.
And a pair of suspenders for 7 cts. The girls went down to Mr. Elliott’s in the evening. Methodist picnic at the lake.
Thursday, 29th
Clear and pleasant with a south wind. One year ago to day since I was taken prisoner by the rebels
near Storny Creek.
Friday, June 30, 1865
Clear and warm. Father went to the black smith shop to get the horses shod.
Saturday, 1st
Wet and rainy in the a.m. Father and Jane went over to Andes in the a.m. Jane went over to the post
office in the p.m. William finished working at Andes.
Sunday, 2nd
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Our folks went to Huddle to church. Rained some in the p.m.
[page 31]
Monday, July 3, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Father and mother went over to Andes, took over the barrel of pork to Blakie’s for $25.00.
George came over to tape his boots. Chisholms came up visiting. Sunday school celebration at Bovina.
Tuesday, 4th
Clear and warm. Went over to Andes to the celebration. Samuel Storie came down the night before and went with us.
The Rev. James Brase the orator of the day.
Wednesday, July 5, 1865
Clear and pleasant with a high wind. Will washed the work harnesses. Father went to the post office.
The girls went down to Chisholms in the evening.
Thursday, 6th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Commenced mowing in the field above the barn. Clouded up and looked like rain
in the p.m. Will went to Andes in the evening.
Took the wool over to Blakie’s. I went down to Elliotts.
Friday, 7th
Clear and windy. Rigged up the wagon in the a.m. Raked and collected the field above the barn in the p.m.
Jane went to the Huddle in the evening to get her dress pleated.
Saturday, 8th
Cloudy and looked like rain in the morning but cleared up before noon. Mowed in the hay barn field.
Took in the field above the barn, had four loads. Jane came home from the Huddle.
[page 32]
Sunday, July 9, 1865
Clear and pleasant with a north wind. No preaching at the Huddle. Jane, Net and Will went over to Cabin Hill.
Monday, 10th
Clear and pleasant, went up to the Huddle after Walter. Jane came home from Cabin Hill.
Took in three juggs of hay out of the hay barn field. Will went over to George’s in the evening.
Tuesday, 11th
Wet and rainy. Walter went over to Andes in the a.m. Dull and cloudy all day. Did not mow any to day.
Clears up in the evening.
Wednesday, July 12, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Mowed in the field below the wagon house in the a.m. Raked the orchard and above in the p.m.
Thursday, 13th
Clear and pleasant. A good hay day, drew in the orchard and above it, 7 loads. Deacon Raitt married to Betsey Taylor.
Friday, 14th
Clear and quite cool. Deacon Raitt in fair. Took 7 loads of hay. The 44th came from Hancock.
[page 33]
Friday, July 21, 1865
Dull morning, but cleared up before noon. Took in 7 loads of hay. Raked up the field above the wheat.
Saturday, 22nd
Rainy morning. Will went over to D. George’s after pigs. I went over to Marshall’s. Walter went home.
Raked up above the orchard in the evening.
Sunday, 23rd
Clear and warm. Went up the to the Huddle to church, A. McGibbon preached.
Monday, July 24, 1865
Dull morning but cleared up before noon. Walter came down. Drew in 7 loads of hay.
Commenced mowing in the little meadow in the evening.
Tuesday, 25th
Dull morning, commenced raining about 10 o’clock but cleared up in the p.m. Mowed on the top of the hill.
Wednesday, 26th
Cloudy and dull all the forenoon. Rained some in the p.m. drew in 3 loads of hay. Finished mowing.
Father went to the shop in the evening.
[page 34]
Thursday, July 27, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Shook out and raked up the little meadow and the top of the hill.
A swarm of bees came off and went to the woods.
Friday, 28th
Clear and very warm in the a.m. Went down to A. Raitts, took in 10 loads of hay. Finished haying.
Rained in the evening.
Saturday, 29th
Cloudy and windy in the a.m. Father and Jane went up to the Huddle. Will went over to Andes.
Cleared up in the p.m. Sylvanus Bramly buried.
Sunday, July 30, 1865
Went to church up to the Huddle. Went up to Uncles Walter Stotts in the evening. Clear and cool.
Monday, 31st
Clear and pleasant all day.
Tuesday, August 1, 1865
Clear and pleasant but quite warm.
[page 35]
Wednesday, 2nd
Dull and looks like rain in the a.m. Went up to Uncle Walter Coulters.
Thursday, 3rd
Dull and cloudy and rains in the afternoon, stayed all day at Coulters.
Friday, August 4, 1865.
Clear and very warm.
Saturday, 5th
Dull and cloudy in the a.m. Clears up in the p.m. Went down to the Huddle.
Sunday, 6th
Clear and very warm. Went to church, A. Raitt preached. Went home. Uncle Alex’s horses ran away.
Monday, 7th
Wet and rainy in the a.m. T. Brown came over after Will. Clears up in the p.m. Father went to the Huddle after
firkins.
[page 36]
Tuesday, 8th
Clear and quite cool. Sowed the rye. Will went over to Brown’s. The girls went down to Chisholms visiting
in the p.m.
Wednesday, 9th
Clear and pretty warm. Father ploughed back of hill. Wrote a letter to S. Laidlaw.
Thursday, 10th
Clear in the a.m. Rained in the p.m. Went down to Elliott’s in the p.m. Stayed all night.
Friday, August, 11, 1865
Wet and a drizzling rain all day. A.King came here. Commenced cutting oats. Will went to Andes in the p.m.
Saturday, 12th
Cloudy and dull in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m. Father went to the Huddle. Will went to Cabin Hill.
Commenced cutting wheat.
Sunday, 13th
Clear and very warm. Went to Lee’s church.
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Sunday, August 20, 1865
Clear and pretty warm, did not go to church to day.
Monday, 21st
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Clouded up and looks like some rain in the p.m.
Tuesday, 22nd
Went to Delhi, rained in the afternoon, came home.
Wednesday, August 23, 1865
Clear in the morning but clouded up. W. Amos and Will cut oats, George came over and helped to rake oats.
Thursday, 24th
Clear and quite cool. Father went to the shop. Will went to J.M. McCanns after rye straw.
Jane went over to George’s.
Friday, 25th
Clear and pleasant. Finished cutting oats.
[page 38]
Saturday, August 26, 1865
Clear and quite warm. Drew in some oats, built a stack. I went over to the post office in the evening.
Soldiers reception at Margaretville.
Sunday, 27th
Hot sun with a cool breeze, did not go to church. James Oliver got hurt.
Monday, 28th
Rather gummy but cool, finished drawing in the oats.
Tuesday, August 29, 1865
Clear and pleasant, set up the sowed corn. George came over after the horses in the evening.
Wednesday, 30th
Warm and sultry. Will went to Delhi. Will G. Stott came here in the evening.
Thursday, 31st
Still warm and hot. George fetched the horses harness. Father and mother went up to the Huddle.
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Friday, September 1, 1865
Warm and very sultry. Looked like a thunder shower.
Saturday, 2nd
Warm and sultry. No rain. Went over to the post office in the evening.
Sunday, 3rd
Clear and warm. Went up to the Huddle to church.
Monday, September 4, 1865
Clear and warm. Will and George went over to the Calhouns to build a milk cellar.
Uncle Sam’s children came here in the evening.
Tuesday, 5th
Warm and sultry in the a.m. Went over to Andes to the meeting of Presbetry.
A. King and G.W. Gladstone preached their trial sermons in the p.m.
Wednesday, 6th
Rainy morning. Father went over to Andes to get the wagon fixed. Cleared up in the p.m.
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Thursday, September 7, 1865
Foggy morning, clear and pleasant day. Jenetta went over to McGibbons. Father worked on the roads.
Friday, 8th
Cloudy in the a.m. Father and mother went up to grandmothers. I went to the Huddle. Rained in the p.m.
Saturday, 9th
Dull and cloudy. W. Amos cut the buckwheat. Jane came home from George’s.
Sunday, September 10, 1865
Rainy forenoon did not any of us go to church, cleared up in the p.m.
Monday, 11th
Went down to Elliott’s and then went over to Andes. Bought a watermelon, stayed all night.
Tuesday, 12th
Clear and warm, came home. Jane went to the post office.
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Wednesday, September 13, 1865
Clear and warm. A man came to get subscription for a _________
Thursday, 14th
Cloudy and wet morning but cleared off in the a.m. and the sun come out very warm.
Thunders in the p.m. heavy showers.
Friday, 15th
Clears off pleasant, went a fishing in the a.m., went hunting in the p.m.
Saturday, September 16, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Went over to the post office.
Sunday, 17th
Clear and pleasant. Went over to Huddle to church. W.R. Gladstone preached at Cabin Hill.
Monday, 18th
Wet and rainy. Our folks went up to Uncle Will. Went to the vendue. I went Delhi with Robert Elliott’s folks.
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Tuesday, September 19, 1865
Clear and quite cool, but no frost. Cut up the corn and put down bees.
Wednesday, 20th
Clear and quite warm. Went to the Blacksmith shop in the a.m. Drew in buckwheat in the p.m.
Thursday, 21st
Clear and pleasant. Went over to Robert Liddles visiting. Our folks finished thrashing buckwheat.
Friday, September 22, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Father and mother went to Delhi, the girls went to school.
Saturday, 23rd
Cloudy in the a.m. Clear and warm in the p.m. Will ploughed oat stubble. George Elliott came up after the
fanning mill.
Sunday, 24th
Cloudy and looks like rain. Went to the Huddle to church.
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Monday, September 25, 1865
Rainy in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m. Pringle vendue. Went to the post office
Tuesday, 26th
Clear and pleasant, cleared up. The buckwheat had about 20 bushels. Jane Chisholm came in the evening.
First day of the county fair at Walton.
Wednesday, 27th
Foggy morning, but clear and pleasant day. The girls went down to the Elliott’s.
Thursday, September 28, 1865
Clear and pleasant, last day of the fair. James Cathells funeral. Jane went to the Huddle.
Friday, 29th
Clear and pleasant. Brown had a stand bees. Uncle W. Coulter came visiting.
Went down to the Chisholms to a party in the evening.
Saturday, 30th
Clear and pleasant, went to the Blacksmith shop, drew in the corn, rained at night.
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Sunday, October 1, 1865
Clear and pleasant, no meeting at Brushland. Jane and Will went over to Andes. J. Black preached.
Monday, 2nd
Cloudy and cool. Father went to the Huddle. First day of general training. Hot, came home with father.
I went over to Jim Littles birthday.
Tuesday, 3rd
Went to training, quite cool. Stayed at Elliott’s all night.
Wednesday, October 4, 1865
Cloudy and cold. Went home, snowed a little in the evening. Last day of training.
Thursday, 5th
Cloudy and quite cool. First day of the town fair.
Friday, 6th
Clear and pleasant, went to the fair with Mr. Chisholms folks, had a good time.
[page 45]
Saturday, October 7, 1865
Clear and foggy with a heavy frost. Father went to the post office and I went over to the Oliver’s.
Sunday, 8th
Clear and quite warm. Did not go to church. Sacrament at Langingville, S. Raitt preached.
Monday, 9th
Clear and pleasant. Thrashed corn, went to the post office.
Tuesday, October 10, 1865
Clear and pleasant, commenced digging potatoes. Laidlaw helped us.
Wednesday, 11th
Clear and quite warm, finished digging potatoes, had 78 bushels, put 20 bushels in one pit and 20 in another.
Thursday, 12th
Cold and windy, finished husking corn.
[page 46]
Friday, 13th
Clear and cold with a frost. Picked the apples.
Saturday, 14th
Clear in the a.m. clouded up in the p.m. Went up to J.M. Arthur’s with G. Elliott.
Sunday, October 15th
Wet and rainy, Did not any of us go to church. Sacrament at Andes.
Monday, 16th
Cloudy and cold, went up to the Huddle. Father and Jane went over to Andes, Walter came down to cut hoop poles.
Tuesday, 17th
Clear and pleasant. Father came up to the Huddle. I came home, Jane went over to E. Clark’s.
Wednesday, 18th
Cloudy and rains a little. Jakey comes and stays all night.
[page 47]
Thursday, 19th
Rainy morning, fast day. Partial eclipse of the sun.
Friday, October 20, 1865
Cloudy and quite cold. John McArthurs vendue.
Saturday, 21st
Ground covered with snow. Headed up the butter. Father, Jane and mother went to meeting.
Sunday, October 22, 1865
Clear with sunshine. Sacrament at the Huddle and Cabin Hill. Mr. Bruse assists Mr. Lee. Mr. Smeadle assists Mr. Taylor.
Monday, 23rd
Clear and cold. Killed our hogs, one weighed 240, another 308, another 355, total 904
Tuesday, 24th
Clear and cold. Went over to Andes. Took the hog which weighed 355 lbs. at 16 cts. per lb.
[page 48]
Wednesday, October 25, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Will starts for the city. Took up the turnips and carrots in the garden, 20 bushels of carrots,
21 beets, 6 of turnips. Went to the post office in the evening. Received a letter for J.B. Scott.
Thursday, 26th
Cloudy and dull, took up the field carrots, had 65 bushels. Brown’s folks came over in the evening.
Friday, 27th
Wet and rainy. Mr. Elliott came up.
Saturday, October 28, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Father went to Taylors after some lumber. George and me went up to the Huddle in the p.m.
Will got home from the city, sold the butter for 50 cents.
Sunday, 29th
Clear and cold. Did not go to church, no preaching at Cabin Hill.
Monday, 30th
Cold and cloudy. Us folks went over to Andes.
[page 49]
Tuesday, October 31, 1865
First snow storm. Put in the cows for the first. Miss Sloan’s funeral.
Wednesday, November 1, 1865
Cloudy and dull. George Elliott came up.
Thursday, 2nd
Cloudy and wet, went up to the Sloan’s vendue. Father brought back case, paid 18 for it Nat and Jessie came home with us.
Friday, 3rd
Clear and pleasant. Went up to the Huddle.
Saturday, 4th
Wet and rainy. Will went to the post office.
Sunday, 5th
Snow squalls all day, did not any of us get to church.
[page 50]
Monday, November 6, 1865
Cloudy and cold. William Doig, Jr. died at Pitsburg.
Tuesday, 7th
Very cold, went up to election.
Wednesday 8th
Clear and quite pleasant. Had a party in the evening.
Thursday, November 9, 1865
Quite pleasant. Picked a few beechnuts. J.B. Scott got home from Poughkeepsie.
Friday, 10th
Cloudy and cold
Saturday, 11th
Not very cold, made cider. Jane went to the post office.
[page 51]
Sunday, November 12, 1865
Pleasant day, went to Andes to church. John McMurray died.
Monday, 13th
Clear and pleasant. Went to the post office
Tuesday, 14th
Clear and pleasant. John McGreggar buried.
Wednesday, November 15, 1865
Clear and pleasant. John McMurray buried.
Thursday, 16th
Clear and warm. Elliott’s folks came up in the evening.
Friday, 17th
Clear and warm. Went to Delhi. R. Sloan moved to Walton.
[page 52]
Saturday, November 18, 1865
Cloudy and looks like snow. Went to the post office in the p.m. Got the returns for 2 tubs of butter, $50.50.
Sunday, 19th
Snow storm. Did not any of us go to church.
Monday, 20th
Cloudy and looks like a storm. Drawed ________.
Tuesday, November 21, 1865
Cold and stormy. Will went to the post office.
Wednesday, 22nd
Some warmer, snowed a little. Drew in the wheat stack.
Thursday, 23rd
Snowed some. Father and mother went down to the Elliott’s visiting in the evening.
[page 53]
Friday, November 24, 1865
Dull and cloudy. The girls went down to the Elliotts visiting in the p.m. Thrashing machine came to night.
Saturday, 25th
J. McCarther and wife and A. Sloan started for the west. Thrashed wheat and oats, had 20 bushels of wheat.
Cloudy and quite cold.
Sunday, 26th
Cloudy and cold. Did not go to church.
Monday, November 27, 1865
Cold, thrashed. Ellen came over.
Tuesday, 28th
Quiet cold. Finished thrashing had 228 bushels of oats and 90 bushels of wheat.
Went over to Raitts in the evening.
Wednesday, 29th
Went to the post office.
[page 54]
Thursday, November 30, 1865
Warm and pleasant. Father went to the Huddle
W.O.G. W.O.G.
Friday, December 1, 1865
Cloudy and cold. Went to Andes with 28 bushels of oats, 75 cts per bushel.
Saturday, 2nd
Went to the Huddle. Net came home.
Sunday, December 3, 1865
Went to the Huddle at church.
Monday, 4th
Fresh muddy. Father and mother went to Chisholms visiting.
Tuesday, 5th
Clear and cold. Killed our pigs and beefs.
[page 55]
Wednesday, December 6, 1865
Not quite so cold. Will went over to Andes in the a.m. Father went to the Huddle in the p.m.
Had a singing school in the schoolhouse in the evening. Raised a school.
Thursday, 7th
Very cold. Banked up the house.
Friday, 8th
Cold and freezing
***page missing
Friday, December 15, 1865
Very cold.
Saturday, 16th
Pretty cold, went to the post office. Got a letter from the pension office.
Sunday, 17th
Quite cold. Went to church at Bovina.
[page 56]
Monday, December 18, 1865
Not quite so cold. Father and mother went to the Butt End. Alexander Laidlaw and J. Elliott came here in the p.m.
Went to singing school in the evening.
Tuesday, 19th
Thawed some but not much. Will went over to Rings in the evening.
Wednesday, 20th
Quite cold. Will went to Camden. Browns and Robinsons people came a visiting in the evening.
Thursday, December 21, 1865
Cold and blustering. All the E. Deans came here for diner.
Friday, 22nd
Frosty. Will and father drew manure.
Saturday, 23rd
Cold and frosty. Will went to Andes and the post office.
[page 57]
Sunday, December 24, 1865
Cold and blustering. Did not any of us go to church.
Monday, 25th
Christmas. Clear and pleasant. Father and Jane went to Andes. I went to the Huddle in the p.m. Thawed some.
Tuesday, 26th
South wind. I went to Delhi, examined by Dr. Buckly. Purchased a diary for 1866. Rained a little.
Wednesday, December 27, 1865
Wet and rainy in the a.m. Went to singing school at night, good time.
Thursday, 28th
Cloudy and looks like snow. Went up to Mr. Kennedys.
Friday, 29th
Some colder, snowed a little, went over to Calhouns to a party.
[page 58]
Saturday, December 30, 1865
Snowed. Father went up to the Huddle. Paid taxes, $25.00
Sunday, 31st
Clear and pleasant. Did not go to church
In back of diary under Memoranda:
Enlisted February 16, 1864
Mustered into service February 29, 1864
Taken prisoner June 29, 1864
Paroled November 23, 1864
Got aboard boat November 24, 1864
Paid up to the 29th June, 1864
Went to the hospital November 29, 1864
Received a furlough December 19, 1864
Reported back March 5, 1865
Admitted to Baltimore Hospital March 9, 1865
Discharged from the U.S. service June 1, 1865
Received my pay and bounty June 5, 1865
Deacon Raitt married July 13, 1865
Transcribed by: Joyce Hicks
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Stott, Samuel Diary (1865)Stott, SamuelLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States. Army. New York Cavalry, 3rd; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; Government and Politics -- MilitaryThis is the 1865 diary of Samuel Stott who served with Company D, 3rd New York Cavalry during the Civil War. The diary includes reference to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.Auburn University Libraries186558 pagesTextPDFRG 0305This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.www.american-south.orghttp://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/findingaids,350engSamuel Stott DiaryAuburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.[page 1]
Patterson Park Hospital
Ward 7
Baltimore M.D.
Pocket Diary 1865
Containing A Blank Space for Every day in the Year
Calendar
Rates of Postage
Published annually
For the Trade, 1865
[page 2]
Calendar 1865
List of Sundays in the Year 1865
[page 3]
The first new pages of this diary have miscellaneous entries not date specific.
Samuel a. Stott (written several times on first page of the diary) also,
James Drummond, Andes Del of New York.
[page 4]
Second page: Samuel A. Stott, Bovina Valley, New York (written 3 times).
[page 5]
Third page: Patterson Park, May 16th
Officers in command of Co.D., 3rd NY Cav.
Thursday, January 12, 1865
Owing to recent orders from the war it is impossible for an enlisted man to get to his regiment,
therefore it would oblige me very much if you would make out my description list and send to the surgeon in charge of the hospital without delay. Yours respectfully
Private Samuel A. Stott
Co. D, 3rd NY Cav.
[page 6]
Thursday January 19, 1865
Furlough expired 7
Married at the house of the bride’s father in Andes, June 13,
Elder John Britt of Bevin to Miss Elizabeth Taylor of the former place.
The deacon tired of single life. Thought he would try out for a wife.
The trial made he did first rate in choosing Betsy for his mate.
[page 7]
Sunday, January 22, 1856
The deacon sparked for twenty years, but now his sparkings done,
he had poor luck but then at last he sparked and got the right one.
[page 8]
Wednesday, February 15, 1865
Wm. Stott
Amount due up to first of April, 1868
$214.00
46.00
46.00
107.50
12.67
1.50
20.00
$447.47
[page 9]
(First regular entry on Tuesday, February 21, 1865)
Tuesday, February 21, 1865
Went down to Adam Cormans visiting in the p.m., clear and warm. John Elliot went with us.
Wednesday, 22
Clear with wind in the south, came home in the a.m., rained in the p.m.
Thursday, 23
Mrs. Scott’s funeral
Warm & pleasant, it rained some. Father and mother went to St. Thomas Town visiting in the evening.
Will went to Andes in the p.m. A Wieall and R. Biggar married.
Friday, February 24, 1865
Clear, pleasant. Father and mother went over to Strangeways visiting.
I went up to Bruthland, stayed all night at Walters.
Saturday, 25th
Went down home with Uncle Walter’s folks. Clear and pleasant in the a.m.
Went up with uncles folks in the evening. Rainy night, stayed all night. R. Hay buried.
Sunday, 26th
Went to church, sleepy, going to Mr. Lees teached text in Jeremiah 31st chapter and 19 verse,
came home to night. Cleared up and froze.
[page 10]
Monday, February 27, 1865
Clear and pleasant, thawed some. James Brown came over in the p.m. Went up to Amoses visiting,
also spelling (?) school at night.
Tuesday, 28th
Snowed in the a.m. rather cold. Cahouns folks and poor Elliot and Elizabeth Cavin
came a visiting in the evening. Will went to Jacks office.
Wednesday, March 1, 1865
Rather cold and cloudy in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m.
Will went to Andes after his overcoat in the evening.
Thursday, 2nd
Cold with south wind. Started for Annapolis.
Will took me to Dill’s stayed all night at Darnell’s. Took the Lansack (?) stage in the morning.
Friday, 3rd
Took the stage for Hancock, got there about 1 ½ o’clock, rained some,
took the _____express for Jersey City.
Saturday, March 4, 1865
Got to Jersey City about 4 o’clock took the 8 o’clock express for Baltimore got to Baltimore at 9 o’clock, took the 6 o’clock train for Annapolis, got to the parole camp at 8 ½ o’clock. Lincoln inaugurated.
[page 11]
Sunday, 5th
Reported to the hospital. Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Cloudy in the p.m.
Monday, 6th
Clear and quite warm all day, wrote a letter to father. Several of the patients got furlough.
Tuesday, 7th
Clear but windy and quite cold. Went up to the bushes for the first time.
Nothing of interest transpired. Clouded up in the evening and looked like a storm. Ward Master died.
Wednesday, March 8, 1865
Cloudy and quite cool in the a.m. Rained some in the p.m. Removed to Annapolis.
Stayed all night at the general hospital.
Thursday, 9th
Got aboard the U.S. Hospital Boat and went to Baltimore. Admitted into Peterson Park Hospital.
Cloudy and wet.
Friday, 10th
Cold and snowed a little. Examined by the doctor.
[page 12]
Saturday, March 11, 1865
Clear and pleasant, wrote a letter to father. Some of the men received furloughs.
Sunday, 12th
Clear and pleasant, had a chill and fever.
Monday, 13th
Warm and pleasant, the doctor prescribed medicine for my chills. A squad of sick and wounded from Annapolis.
Tuesday, March 14, 1865
Warm and pleasant, had another cold chill.
Wednesday, 15th
Warm and muggy, sent in my clothes to be washed.
Thursday, 16th
Warm and foggy had a light chill.
[page 13]
Friday, March 17th, 1865
Clear but rather cool, did not feel very well.
Saturday, 18th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Cloudy and quite cool in the p.m.
Sunday, 19th
Clear and pleasant, did not feel very well. Inspection
Monday, March 20, 1865
Clear and very warm. Lay in bed most all day.
Tuesday, 21st
Cloudy and windy, looks like a storm.
Wednesday, 22nd
Cloudy and quite cool.
[page 14]
Thursday, 23rd
Clear and frosty. Stayed in bed all day. Very windy.
Friday, 24th
Rather cool. H. Cupper and C. Leonard received their discharges.
Saturday, March 25, 1865
Quiet cool, nothing of interest transpired.
Sunday, 26th
Cold and windy. Received a letter from Net, did not answer it.
Monday, 27th
Clear but rather cool, answered Net’s letter.
Tuesday, 28th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Clouded up in the p.m.
[page 15]
Wednesday, March 29th
Cloudy and dull, looks like a storm.
Thursday, 30th
Rainy morning, rainy and wet all day. Very heavy rain at night.
Friday, 31st
Still wet and rainy
Saturday, April 1, 1865
Clear and rather cold. James Monroe died.
Sunday, 2nd
Clear and pleasant, examination as usual. (the fall of Richmond).
Monday, 3rd
Clear and pleasant. News of the fall of Petersburg and Richmond reached Baltimore.
[page 16]
Tuesday, 4th
Cloudy and dull, looks like a storm. Official information of the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond.
Wednesday, 5th
Cloudy and dull
Received a letter from Father, answered it. A gentleman came after Basset and Eastman.
Thursday, 6th
Cloudy and dull, Joshua M. Irving died great illumination.
Friday, 7th
Received a letter from Walters. Cloudy and dull. Answered Walter’s letter.
Saturday, 8th
Clear and pleasant but rather cool.
Sunday, 9th
Cloudy and looked like a storm, rained at night.
[page 17]
Monday, April 10th, 1865
Cloudy and rainy. Basset and Eastman got their discharges, more sick and wounded come.
Tuesday, 11th
Cloudy and dull. Basset and Eastman started for home, rained at night.
Wednesday, 12th
Cloudy and dull with wind. Received a letter from Net, did not answer it. Wickes returned from furlough.
Thursday, April 13, 1865
Cloudy and dull in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m. Sent after my descriptive list,
received a letter from Will, did not answer it.
Friday, 14th
Clear and pleasant. Answered Will’s letters. President Lincoln shot through the head in the theatre
at Washington at nine o’clock at night, escape of the murder[er]. Seward also shot.
Saturday, 15th
Cloudy and dull, rained some. President Lincoln died at 4 o’clock this morning.
General mourning throughout the land
[page 18]
Sunday, April 16th, 1865
Clear, cool and rainy, rather disagreeable. Examination as usual. Major Sims confined to bed.
Monday, 17th
Clear and pleasant, felt first rate. Wrote a letter to George.
Tuesday, 18th
Dull and cloudy, quite warm.
Wednesday, April 19th, 1865
Clear and pleasant, firing of guns in honor of Lincoln, his funeral at 12 o’clock.
Thursday, 20th
Cloudy and dull in the a.m. Rained very hard in the p.m.
Friday, 21st
Cloudy and very unpleasant. President Lincoln’s funeral in Baltimore.
[page 19]
Saturday, April 22nd, 1865
Cloudy and cold, nothing of interest transpired. Several men sent out of ward to the front.
Sunday, 23rd
Clear and very chilly, examination as usual.
Monday, 24th
Clear and pleasant, got up and put on my pants for the first time.
Tuesday, 25th
Clear, pleasant and warm. Received a letter from Will.
Wednesday, 26th
Clear and warm. Answered Will’s letter
Thursday, 27th
Clear and very warm. Got up and put on my pants.
[page 20]
Friday, 28th
Dull and hazy warm. Nothing of interest transpired.
Saturday, 29th
Cloudy and a very high wind. Heavy thunder shower in the p.m.
Sunday, 30th
Clear and quite cool. Major Sims came around on inspection.
Monday, May 1, 1865
Cloudy and rainy in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m.
Tuesday, 2nd
Clear and cold
Wednesday, 3rd
Clear and pleasant. Received a letter from Will and Net
[page 21]
Thursday, May 4, 1865
Clear and unpleasant in the a.m. Cloudy in the p.m. Wrote a letter to Net.
Friday, 5th
Cloudy and rained a little in the a.m. Cleared up and very warm in the p.m.
Saturday, 6th
Thunder shower in the morning. Cleared up and the sun came out very warm.
Sunday, 7th
Clear and pleasant. Examination as usual. Sat up all day.
Monday, 8th
Clear and very warm. Received a letter from Walter. Major went to Annapolis.
Tuesday, 9th
Cloudy and rainy, some______, answered Walter’s letter. Sergeant Hoadly started for home.
[page 22]
Wednesday, May 10, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Mustering officers came. Rob Little.
Thursday 11th
Clear and warm in the a.m. Thunder shower in the p.m. Commenced mustering out.
Friday, 12th
Clear and cold, mustering out and discharging. ________Robert’s ankle.
Saturday, May 13, 1865
Clear and pleasant, received a letter from George did not answer it.
Sunday, 14th
Clear and war in the a.m. cloudy and looks like a rain storm in the p.m. Answered George’s letter.
One year since W.H. Stott was killed.
Monday, 15th
Clear and pleasant all day, nothing of importance transpired.
[page 23]
Tuesday, 16th
Clear and very warm.
Wednesday, 17th
Clear and very warm. Received a letter from father, sent after my descriptive list. Answered father’s letter.
Thursday, 18th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. cloudy and windy in the p.m. Rained at night.
Friday, May 19th, 1865
Cloudy and dull, nothing of importance. Major gone to Annapolis, received two papers from home.
Saturday, 20th
Dull and cloudy with showers.
Sunday, 21st
Cloudy and showery. Received a letter from Walter.
[page 24]
Monday, 22nd
Warm and muggy. Cleared up at night and turned cooler. Answered Walter’s letter.
Tuesday, 23rd
Clear and pleasant.
Wednesday, 24th
Clear and pleasant, received a letter from Net, answered it.
Thursday, May 25, 1865
Clear and pleasant, received a letter and two papers from father, received a ______.
Friday, 26th
Answered father’s letter, rained all day.
Saturday, 27th
Dull and cloudy, received a letter from George.
[page 25]
Sunday, May 28th, 1865
Pleasant day, answered George’s letter.
Monday, 29th
Clear and pleasant, general inspection. Wrote a letter to John Laidlaw.
Tuesday, 30th
Clear and very warm, my descriptive list came.
Wednesday, 31st
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Clouded up in the p.m.
Thursday, June 1, 1865
Warm & muggy. Got my discharge from the United States Army at Patterson Park Hospital, Baltimore, M.D.
Friday, 2nd
Very warm day, did not start home. Expressed my satchel home.
[page 26]
Saturday, June 3, 1865
Clear and very warm, did not start home because I could not get my pay.
Sunday, 4th
Clear and warm. Inspection as usual. Sacrament at Bovina and Cabin Hill Churches.
Monday, 5th
Very warm. Got my pay which amounted to $93.43. Took the 9 o’clock train for home. Paid $4.50 for my ticket.
Tuesday, June 6, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Got to NY at 8 o’clock. Detained one half hour by the train running off the track.
Took the 7 o’clock train for Hancock. Paid $4.65 for my ticket.
Wednesday, 7th
Warm and dusty. Took the Delhi stage, paid $1 for ticket, got to Delhi at 5 o’clock.
Went to John McNee’s, staid all night.
Thursday, 8th
Clear and very warm. Did not go home. Wrote a letter to Riggs. Got a bottle of medicine.
[page 27]
Friday, June 9th, 1865
Clear and warm in the a.m. Clouded up and a heavy thunder shower in the p.m. did not go home.
Saturday, 10th
Wilson McNee took me home. Showery all day. Father got the returns for the spring butter which
amounted to $118.53. Jakey came here to night.
Sunday, 11th
Cleared up and pleasant day, the bees swarmed in the p.m. I did not go to meeting.
Monday, June 12, 1865
Clear and warm, bought cloth for a vest and pair of pants at 18 shilling per yard, also got some handkerchiefs.
Tuesday, 13th
Clear and warm. A swarm of bees came off. Clouded up in the p.m.
Wednesday, 14th
Rather cloudy. Father and the girls went to Dellin. Got home. My satchel expressage $2.75.
[page 28]
Thursday, June 15, 1865
Cloudy with a cold south wind, rained a little in the morning. The girls commenced papering the bedroom.
Friday, 16th
Cloudy and rained a little in the morning, quite cool. Adam Raith came up in the evening.
Saturday, 17th
Cleared off, Father and Jane went over to Andes. A swarm of bees came off. Very warm.
Sunday, June 18, 1865
Extremely warm, our folks did not go to meeting. Heavy thunder all around.
George and A. McLaughlin came over in the evening.
Monday, 19th
Father sowed the buckwheat. Cloudy and muggy. Got stung with a bee.
Tuesday, 20th
Cloudy and rained a little. Worked on the roads.
[page 29]
Wednesday, June 21, 1865
Clear and quite warm. The girls went over to Calhouns visiting. A swarm of bees came off.
Uncle Alex Storie came to take the census. Father ploughed out the potatoes.
Thursday, 22nd
Warm with thunder showers. A. Raitt’s folks and Jane went to Delhi. Jenette went over to Cabin Hill.
Walter and Harriet came visiting. Father ploughed the corn. Cleared off quite cool.
Friday, 23rd
Clear and pleasant. Worked on the roads. A second swarm of bees came off. Allison Cronin came up visiting.
Saturday, June 24, 1865
Clear and warm in the a.m. Went up to Brushland, got my pants and vest cut, charge 30 cents.
Clouded up and rained in the p.m. A third swarm of bees came off.
Sunday, 25th
Warm and pleasant. No preaching at Lee’s church. Our folks went to Andes.
Monday, 26th
Cloudy and looked like rain. Finished hoeing the corn and potatoes. Commence raining about ten o’clock.
Net went over to Andes. Wat. Amos came again to ask to his raising. Walter came after money.
[page 30]
Tuesday, 27th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. with a light wind. Wat Amos’s raising in the p.m.
Wednesday, 28th
Clear and quite cool. Father and me went up to the Huddle. I purchased a necktie for 2 ½ cts.
And a pair of suspenders for 7 cts. The girls went down to Mr. Elliott’s in the evening. Methodist picnic at the lake.
Thursday, 29th
Clear and pleasant with a south wind. One year ago to day since I was taken prisoner by the rebels
near Storny Creek.
Friday, June 30, 1865
Clear and warm. Father went to the black smith shop to get the horses shod.
Saturday, 1st
Wet and rainy in the a.m. Father and Jane went over to Andes in the a.m. Jane went over to the post
office in the p.m. William finished working at Andes.
Sunday, 2nd
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Our folks went to Huddle to church. Rained some in the p.m.
[page 31]
Monday, July 3, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Father and mother went over to Andes, took over the barrel of pork to Blakie’s for $25.00.
George came over to tape his boots. Chisholms came up visiting. Sunday school celebration at Bovina.
Tuesday, 4th
Clear and warm. Went over to Andes to the celebration. Samuel Storie came down the night before and went with us.
The Rev. James Brase the orator of the day.
Wednesday, July 5, 1865
Clear and pleasant with a high wind. Will washed the work harnesses. Father went to the post office.
The girls went down to Chisholms in the evening.
Thursday, 6th
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Commenced mowing in the field above the barn. Clouded up and looked like rain
in the p.m. Will went to Andes in the evening.
Took the wool over to Blakie’s. I went down to Elliotts.
Friday, 7th
Clear and windy. Rigged up the wagon in the a.m. Raked and collected the field above the barn in the p.m.
Jane went to the Huddle in the evening to get her dress pleated.
Saturday, 8th
Cloudy and looked like rain in the morning but cleared up before noon. Mowed in the hay barn field.
Took in the field above the barn, had four loads. Jane came home from the Huddle.
[page 32]
Sunday, July 9, 1865
Clear and pleasant with a north wind. No preaching at the Huddle. Jane, Net and Will went over to Cabin Hill.
Monday, 10th
Clear and pleasant, went up to the Huddle after Walter. Jane came home from Cabin Hill.
Took in three juggs of hay out of the hay barn field. Will went over to George’s in the evening.
Tuesday, 11th
Wet and rainy. Walter went over to Andes in the a.m. Dull and cloudy all day. Did not mow any to day.
Clears up in the evening.
Wednesday, July 12, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Mowed in the field below the wagon house in the a.m. Raked the orchard and above in the p.m.
Thursday, 13th
Clear and pleasant. A good hay day, drew in the orchard and above it, 7 loads. Deacon Raitt married to Betsey Taylor.
Friday, 14th
Clear and quite cool. Deacon Raitt in fair. Took 7 loads of hay. The 44th came from Hancock.
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Friday, July 21, 1865
Dull morning, but cleared up before noon. Took in 7 loads of hay. Raked up the field above the wheat.
Saturday, 22nd
Rainy morning. Will went over to D. George’s after pigs. I went over to Marshall’s. Walter went home.
Raked up above the orchard in the evening.
Sunday, 23rd
Clear and warm. Went up the to the Huddle to church, A. McGibbon preached.
Monday, July 24, 1865
Dull morning but cleared up before noon. Walter came down. Drew in 7 loads of hay.
Commenced mowing in the little meadow in the evening.
Tuesday, 25th
Dull morning, commenced raining about 10 o’clock but cleared up in the p.m. Mowed on the top of the hill.
Wednesday, 26th
Cloudy and dull all the forenoon. Rained some in the p.m. drew in 3 loads of hay. Finished mowing.
Father went to the shop in the evening.
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Thursday, July 27, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Shook out and raked up the little meadow and the top of the hill.
A swarm of bees came off and went to the woods.
Friday, 28th
Clear and very warm in the a.m. Went down to A. Raitts, took in 10 loads of hay. Finished haying.
Rained in the evening.
Saturday, 29th
Cloudy and windy in the a.m. Father and Jane went up to the Huddle. Will went over to Andes.
Cleared up in the p.m. Sylvanus Bramly buried.
Sunday, July 30, 1865
Went to church up to the Huddle. Went up to Uncles Walter Stotts in the evening. Clear and cool.
Monday, 31st
Clear and pleasant all day.
Tuesday, August 1, 1865
Clear and pleasant but quite warm.
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Wednesday, 2nd
Dull and looks like rain in the a.m. Went up to Uncle Walter Coulters.
Thursday, 3rd
Dull and cloudy and rains in the afternoon, stayed all day at Coulters.
Friday, August 4, 1865.
Clear and very warm.
Saturday, 5th
Dull and cloudy in the a.m. Clears up in the p.m. Went down to the Huddle.
Sunday, 6th
Clear and very warm. Went to church, A. Raitt preached. Went home. Uncle Alex’s horses ran away.
Monday, 7th
Wet and rainy in the a.m. T. Brown came over after Will. Clears up in the p.m. Father went to the Huddle after
firkins.
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Tuesday, 8th
Clear and quite cool. Sowed the rye. Will went over to Brown’s. The girls went down to Chisholms visiting
in the p.m.
Wednesday, 9th
Clear and pretty warm. Father ploughed back of hill. Wrote a letter to S. Laidlaw.
Thursday, 10th
Clear in the a.m. Rained in the p.m. Went down to Elliott’s in the p.m. Stayed all night.
Friday, August, 11, 1865
Wet and a drizzling rain all day. A.King came here. Commenced cutting oats. Will went to Andes in the p.m.
Saturday, 12th
Cloudy and dull in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m. Father went to the Huddle. Will went to Cabin Hill.
Commenced cutting wheat.
Sunday, 13th
Clear and very warm. Went to Lee’s church.
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Sunday, August 20, 1865
Clear and pretty warm, did not go to church to day.
Monday, 21st
Clear and pleasant in the a.m. Clouded up and looks like some rain in the p.m.
Tuesday, 22nd
Went to Delhi, rained in the afternoon, came home.
Wednesday, August 23, 1865
Clear in the morning but clouded up. W. Amos and Will cut oats, George came over and helped to rake oats.
Thursday, 24th
Clear and quite cool. Father went to the shop. Will went to J.M. McCanns after rye straw.
Jane went over to George’s.
Friday, 25th
Clear and pleasant. Finished cutting oats.
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Saturday, August 26, 1865
Clear and quite warm. Drew in some oats, built a stack. I went over to the post office in the evening.
Soldiers reception at Margaretville.
Sunday, 27th
Hot sun with a cool breeze, did not go to church. James Oliver got hurt.
Monday, 28th
Rather gummy but cool, finished drawing in the oats.
Tuesday, August 29, 1865
Clear and pleasant, set up the sowed corn. George came over after the horses in the evening.
Wednesday, 30th
Warm and sultry. Will went to Delhi. Will G. Stott came here in the evening.
Thursday, 31st
Still warm and hot. George fetched the horses harness. Father and mother went up to the Huddle.
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Friday, September 1, 1865
Warm and very sultry. Looked like a thunder shower.
Saturday, 2nd
Warm and sultry. No rain. Went over to the post office in the evening.
Sunday, 3rd
Clear and warm. Went up to the Huddle to church.
Monday, September 4, 1865
Clear and warm. Will and George went over to the Calhouns to build a milk cellar.
Uncle Sam’s children came here in the evening.
Tuesday, 5th
Warm and sultry in the a.m. Went over to Andes to the meeting of Presbetry.
A. King and G.W. Gladstone preached their trial sermons in the p.m.
Wednesday, 6th
Rainy morning. Father went over to Andes to get the wagon fixed. Cleared up in the p.m.
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Thursday, September 7, 1865
Foggy morning, clear and pleasant day. Jenetta went over to McGibbons. Father worked on the roads.
Friday, 8th
Cloudy in the a.m. Father and mother went up to grandmothers. I went to the Huddle. Rained in the p.m.
Saturday, 9th
Dull and cloudy. W. Amos cut the buckwheat. Jane came home from George’s.
Sunday, September 10, 1865
Rainy forenoon did not any of us go to church, cleared up in the p.m.
Monday, 11th
Went down to Elliott’s and then went over to Andes. Bought a watermelon, stayed all night.
Tuesday, 12th
Clear and warm, came home. Jane went to the post office.
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Wednesday, September 13, 1865
Clear and warm. A man came to get subscription for a _________
Thursday, 14th
Cloudy and wet morning but cleared off in the a.m. and the sun come out very warm.
Thunders in the p.m. heavy showers.
Friday, 15th
Clears off pleasant, went a fishing in the a.m., went hunting in the p.m.
Saturday, September 16, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Went over to the post office.
Sunday, 17th
Clear and pleasant. Went over to Huddle to church. W.R. Gladstone preached at Cabin Hill.
Monday, 18th
Wet and rainy. Our folks went up to Uncle Will. Went to the vendue. I went Delhi with Robert Elliott’s folks.
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Tuesday, September 19, 1865
Clear and quite cool, but no frost. Cut up the corn and put down bees.
Wednesday, 20th
Clear and quite warm. Went to the Blacksmith shop in the a.m. Drew in buckwheat in the p.m.
Thursday, 21st
Clear and pleasant. Went over to Robert Liddles visiting. Our folks finished thrashing buckwheat.
Friday, September 22, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Father and mother went to Delhi, the girls went to school.
Saturday, 23rd
Cloudy in the a.m. Clear and warm in the p.m. Will ploughed oat stubble. George Elliott came up after the
fanning mill.
Sunday, 24th
Cloudy and looks like rain. Went to the Huddle to church.
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Monday, September 25, 1865
Rainy in the a.m. Cleared up in the p.m. Pringle vendue. Went to the post office
Tuesday, 26th
Clear and pleasant, cleared up. The buckwheat had about 20 bushels. Jane Chisholm came in the evening.
First day of the county fair at Walton.
Wednesday, 27th
Foggy morning, but clear and pleasant day. The girls went down to the Elliott’s.
Thursday, September 28, 1865
Clear and pleasant, last day of the fair. James Cathells funeral. Jane went to the Huddle.
Friday, 29th
Clear and pleasant. Brown had a stand bees. Uncle W. Coulter came visiting.
Went down to the Chisholms to a party in the evening.
Saturday, 30th
Clear and pleasant, went to the Blacksmith shop, drew in the corn, rained at night.
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Sunday, October 1, 1865
Clear and pleasant, no meeting at Brushland. Jane and Will went over to Andes. J. Black preached.
Monday, 2nd
Cloudy and cool. Father went to the Huddle. First day of general training. Hot, came home with father.
I went over to Jim Littles birthday.
Tuesday, 3rd
Went to training, quite cool. Stayed at Elliott’s all night.
Wednesday, October 4, 1865
Cloudy and cold. Went home, snowed a little in the evening. Last day of training.
Thursday, 5th
Cloudy and quite cool. First day of the town fair.
Friday, 6th
Clear and pleasant, went to the fair with Mr. Chisholms folks, had a good time.
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Saturday, October 7, 1865
Clear and foggy with a heavy frost. Father went to the post office and I went over to the Oliver’s.
Sunday, 8th
Clear and quite warm. Did not go to church. Sacrament at Langingville, S. Raitt preached.
Monday, 9th
Clear and pleasant. Thrashed corn, went to the post office.
Tuesday, October 10, 1865
Clear and pleasant, commenced digging potatoes. Laidlaw helped us.
Wednesday, 11th
Clear and quite warm, finished digging potatoes, had 78 bushels, put 20 bushels in one pit and 20 in another.
Thursday, 12th
Cold and windy, finished husking corn.
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Friday, 13th
Clear and cold with a frost. Picked the apples.
Saturday, 14th
Clear in the a.m. clouded up in the p.m. Went up to J.M. Arthur’s with G. Elliott.
Sunday, October 15th
Wet and rainy, Did not any of us go to church. Sacrament at Andes.
Monday, 16th
Cloudy and cold, went up to the Huddle. Father and Jane went over to Andes, Walter came down to cut hoop poles.
Tuesday, 17th
Clear and pleasant. Father came up to the Huddle. I came home, Jane went over to E. Clark’s.
Wednesday, 18th
Cloudy and rains a little. Jakey comes and stays all night.
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Thursday, 19th
Rainy morning, fast day. Partial eclipse of the sun.
Friday, October 20, 1865
Cloudy and quite cold. John McArthurs vendue.
Saturday, 21st
Ground covered with snow. Headed up the butter. Father, Jane and mother went to meeting.
Sunday, October 22, 1865
Clear with sunshine. Sacrament at the Huddle and Cabin Hill. Mr. Bruse assists Mr. Lee. Mr. Smeadle assists Mr. Taylor.
Monday, 23rd
Clear and cold. Killed our hogs, one weighed 240, another 308, another 355, total 904
Tuesday, 24th
Clear and cold. Went over to Andes. Took the hog which weighed 355 lbs. at 16 cts. per lb.
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Wednesday, October 25, 1865
Clear and pleasant. Will starts for the city. Took up the turnips and carrots in the garden, 20 bushels of carrots,
21 beets, 6 of turnips. Went to the post office in the evening. Received a letter for J.B. Scott.
Thursday, 26th
Cloudy and dull, took up the field carrots, had 65 bushels. Brown’s folks came over in the evening.
Friday, 27th
Wet and rainy. Mr. Elliott came up.
Saturday, October 28, 1865
Cloudy and dull. Father went to Taylors after some lumber. George and me went up to the Huddle in the p.m.
Will got home from the city, sold the butter for 50 cents.
Sunday, 29th
Clear and cold. Did not go to church, no preaching at Cabin Hill.
Monday, 30th
Cold and cloudy. Us folks went over to Andes.
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Tuesday, October 31, 1865
First snow storm. Put in the cows for the first. Miss Sloan’s funeral.
Wednesday, November 1, 1865
Cloudy and dull. George Elliott came up.
Thursday, 2nd
Cloudy and wet, went up to the Sloan’s vendue. Father brought back case, paid 18 for it Nat and Jessie came home with us.
Friday, 3rd
Clear and pleasant. Went up to the Huddle.
Saturday, 4th
Wet and rainy. Will went to the post office.
Sunday, 5th
Snow squalls all day, did not any of us get to church.
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Monday, November 6, 1865
Cloudy and cold. William Doig, Jr. died at Pitsburg.
Tuesday, 7th
Very cold, went up to election.
Wednesday 8th
Clear and quite pleasant. Had a party in the evening.
Thursday, November 9, 1865
Quite pleasant. Picked a few beechnuts. J.B. Scott got home from Poughkeepsie.
Friday, 10th
Cloudy and cold
Saturday, 11th
Not very cold, made cider. Jane went to the post office.
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Sunday, November 12, 1865
Pleasant day, went to Andes to church. John McMurray died.
Monday, 13th
Clear and pleasant. Went to the post office
Tuesday, 14th
Clear and pleasant. John McGreggar buried.
Wednesday, November 15, 1865
Clear and pleasant. John McMurray buried.
Thursday, 16th
Clear and warm. Elliott’s folks came up in the evening.
Friday, 17th
Clear and warm. Went to Delhi. R. Sloan moved to Walton.
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Saturday, November 18, 1865
Cloudy and looks like snow. Went to the post office in the p.m. Got the returns for 2 tubs of butter, $50.50.
Sunday, 19th
Snow storm. Did not any of us go to church.
Monday, 20th
Cloudy and looks like a storm. Drawed ________.
Tuesday, November 21, 1865
Cold and stormy. Will went to the post office.
Wednesday, 22nd
Some warmer, snowed a little. Drew in the wheat stack.
Thursday, 23rd
Snowed some. Father and mother went down to the Elliott’s visiting in the evening.
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Friday, November 24, 1865
Dull and cloudy. The girls went down to the Elliotts visiting in the p.m. Thrashing machine came to night.
Saturday, 25th
J. McCarther and wife and A. Sloan started for the west. Thrashed wheat and oats, had 20 bushels of wheat.
Cloudy and quite cold.
Sunday, 26th
Cloudy and cold. Did not go to church.
Monday, November 27, 1865
Cold, thrashed. Ellen came over.
Tuesday, 28th
Quiet cold. Finished thrashing had 228 bushels of oats and 90 bushels of wheat.
Went over to Raitts in the evening.
Wednesday, 29th
Went to the post office.
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Thursday, November 30, 1865
Warm and pleasant. Father went to the Huddle
W.O.G. W.O.G.
Friday, December 1, 1865
Cloudy and cold. Went to Andes with 28 bushels of oats, 75 cts per bushel.
Saturday, 2nd
Went to the Huddle. Net came home.
Sunday, December 3, 1865
Went to the Huddle at church.
Monday, 4th
Fresh muddy. Father and mother went to Chisholms visiting.
Tuesday, 5th
Clear and cold. Killed our pigs and beefs.
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Wednesday, December 6, 1865
Not quite so cold. Will went over to Andes in the a.m. Father went to the Huddle in the p.m.
Had a singing school in the schoolhouse in the evening. Raised a school.
Thursday, 7th
Very cold. Banked up the house.
Friday, 8th
Cold and freezing
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Friday, December 15, 1865
Very cold.
Saturday, 16th
Pretty cold, went to the post office. Got a letter from the pension office.
Sunday, 17th
Quite cold. Went to church at Bovina.
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Monday, December 18, 1865
Not quite so cold. Father and mother went to the Butt End. Alexander Laidlaw and J. Elliott came here in the p.m.
Went to singing school in the evening.
Tuesday, 19th
Thawed some but not much. Will went over to Rings in the evening.
Wednesday, 20th
Quite cold. Will went to Camden. Browns and Robinsons people came a visiting in the evening.
Thursday, December 21, 1865
Cold and blustering. All the E. Deans came here for diner.
Friday, 22nd
Frosty. Will and father drew manure.
Saturday, 23rd
Cold and frosty. Will went to Andes and the post office.
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Sunday, December 24, 1865
Cold and blustering. Did not any of us go to church.
Monday, 25th
Christmas. Clear and pleasant. Father and Jane went to Andes. I went to the Huddle in the p.m. Thawed some.
Tuesday, 26th
South wind. I went to Delhi, examined by Dr. Buckly. Purchased a diary for 1866. Rained a little.
Wednesday, December 27, 1865
Wet and rainy in the a.m. Went to singing school at night, good time.
Thursday, 28th
Cloudy and looks like snow. Went up to Mr. Kennedys.
Friday, 29th
Some colder, snowed a little, went over to Calhouns to a party.
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Saturday, December 30, 1865
Snowed. Father went up to the Huddle. Paid taxes, $25.00
Sunday, 31st
Clear and pleasant. Did not go to church
In back of diary under Memoranda:
Enlisted February 16, 1864
Mustered into service February 29, 1864
Taken prisoner June 29, 1864
Paroled November 23, 1864
Got aboard boat November 24, 1864
Paid up to the 29th June, 1864
Went to the hospital November 29, 1864
Received a furlough December 19, 1864
Reported back March 5, 1865
Admitted to Baltimore Hospital March 9, 1865
Discharged from the U.S. service June 1, 1865
Received my pay and bounty June 5, 1865
Deacon Raitt married July 13, 1865
Transcribed by: Joyce Hicks
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