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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 17, 1865

Posted on 17 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Monday–Apr. 17th We have had a very cool night and it has been cool all day with a N. E. wind I have taken a pretty bad cold in consequence so I … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 16, 1865

Posted on 16 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Sunday–Apr. 16th We had a very pleasant night but the wind rose and blowed quite cool from the west all day. There was a salute of 100 guns fired about noon but … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 15, 1865

Posted on 15 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Saturday–Apr. 15th There was about 200 more recruits came in here this morning. We drew our cup of coffee and a small piece of Salt Beef not cooked for breakfast, but did … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 14, 1865

Posted on 14 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Friday–Apr. 14th We had a quite a cool night but it came off warm and pleasant with a gentle S. E. wind we drew our cup of Coffee and a small piece … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 13, 1865

Posted on 13 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Thursday–Apr. 13th We drew our cup of coffee and a small piece of Salt Beef for breakfast but did not get any dinner today. We had a nice night and it came … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 12, 1865

Posted on 12 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Wednesday–Apr. 12th We drew our cup of Coffee and a small piece of Salt Poark for our breakfast. There was a man came in this morning with Religious Papers from the U. … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 11, 1865

Posted on 11 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Tuesday–Apr. 11th We drew our Coffee and Hardtack again this morning and a small piece of Salt Beef but we have notheng to cook it in so it will not do us … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 10, 1865

Posted on 10 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Berne, North Carolina Monday–Apr. 10th We had a fine shower in the night which makes every thing look lively and pleasant in natures line. We were routed out about 6 AM washed ourselves and got … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 9, 1865

Posted on 9 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Sunday–Apr. 9th We reced. orders last night to be ready to march at an early hour monday morning. There was a quite a display of fireworks last night in the line of … Continue reading →

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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 8, 1865

Posted on 8 April 2015 by JC

Diary of Orrin Brown, Goldsboro, North Carolina Saturday–Apr. 8th It has been very warm today. The regt. did not drill any today but they had dress parade at 5 PM. We drew 3 days rations of Hardtack 5 of Coffee … Continue reading →

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