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Diary of Orrin Brown—April 23, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Sunday–Apr. 23rd We had a quite a cool night and it has been cool all day with a west wind. There was 200 or 300 more men came in today from Goldsboro. … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 22, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Saturday–Apr. 22nd The day has been very warm. There was about 100 men left here for the front today among them was my messmate a Corporal of Co. F of our regt. … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 21, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Friday–Apr. 21st We had a nice night but it has been cloudy and quite warm the most of the day with light showers of rain but it is cool this evening. There … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 20, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Thursday–Apr. 20th It clouded up this morning and it has been showery all day. We drew fresh boiled beef this morning. I went out this afternoon and sold a pailfull of Lemonade … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 19, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Wednesday–Apr. 19th We had a pretty heavy thunder storms in the night it lasted about two hours. We were all called out today and our names taken together with our Co. Regt. … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 18, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, New Bern, North Carolina Tuesday– Apr. 18th We have had a nice pleasant day with a gentle S. E. wind. My messmate went down yesterday and bought some Lemons and sugar and we have been speculating … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 17, 1865
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
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 16, 1865
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
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 15, 1865
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
Diary of Orrin Brown—April 14, 1865
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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