| Summary: | This is the 111 page diary of E. H. (Ellery H.) Webster who served with 11th Vermont Infantry during the Civil War. The regiment designation was changed to then 1st Heavy Artillery on December 10, 1862. The regiment was assigned to the Northern Defenses of Washington, and later, to the Army of the Potomac. The diary includes Webster’s reactions to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the capture of John Wilkes Booth and Jefferson Davis. [page 1] E.H. Webster Irasburgh Orleans County, Vermont [page 2] Pocket Diary 1865 [page 3] Calendar 1865 [page 4] Eclipses in 1865 1865 January February [page 5] March April May June [page 6] July August September October [page 7] November December Tableof Stamp Duties [page 8] Stamp Duties [page 9] Stamp Duties [page 10] Sunday, January 1, 1865 Annapolis, MD United States General Hospital Tuesday, 3rd Received 30 days Furlough Eight o’clock p.m. [page 11] Jan. 4 Went to the city of New York and staid all night in hospital. Thursday, 5th Went to White River Junction, VT, Junction House Friday, 6th Left White River Junction a 2:00 p.m. and arrived at Aunt Elizabeth’s in Barton about 9 o’clock. Staid with Joseph. Saturday, January 7, 1865 Father came after me and I went home with him to Irasburgh. Stopped at uncle David’s to dinner. Sunday, 8th Major General Butler retired from command of the Army of the James. Monday, 9th Went to David’s a.m. and the afternoon to Coventry. [page 12] Thursday, 12th Ralph Howard and wife came but: Friday, January 13, 1865 Father carried me out to the Common, Second attack on Fort Fisher. Saturday, 14th Joseph came home and came out after me. Sunday, 15th Capture of Fort Fisher Wilmington, NC by the union forces: 2,500 prisoners and 72 guns taken. [page 13] Monday, January 16, 1865 Emma came home from Littleton. Father went out to Barton Landing after her. Joseph sent me this diary from Berton by mail. Tuesday, 17th Cold. My birthday The monitor Patapsco sunk off Charleston, S.C. by a rebel torpedo. 60 officers and crew drown. Wednesday, 18th Cold. 6 degrees below zero. Thursday, January 19, 1865 Father carried me over to Aunt Elizabeth’s. Friday, 20th Went to Barton Saturday, 21st Was at Aunt E’s all day. George Skinner and Mary V. Theadon and Elizabeth there. Pleasant. [page 14] Sunday, January 22, 1865 Joseph carried me to Father’s, Got a letter from Moses. Monday, 23rd SNOW Thursday, 26th Debate in the Rebel House of Representatives on enlisting negroes. Friday, 27th Father and I went to Coventry in the forenoon carried Emma to Barton in the afternoon. [page 15] Monday, 30th Pleasant. Father had sawing machine to saw his wood. Tuesday, January 31, 1865 Went to the Common, saw Hollis, Pleasant. David got home from Littleton, N.H. Lee approved by the Senate of the confederate states Congress as General in Chief of the armies of the confederate states. Wednesday, February 1, 1865 Went down to Mr. Colton’s [page 16] Friday, February 3, 1865 Pleasant. Went over to David’s. Peace conference held at Hampton Roads. Rebel Vice President A.H. Stevens, Senator. R.M.T. Hunter and Judge Campbell met Abe Lincoln. Don’t make peace quite yet. Sunday, 5th SNOW Wednesday, 8th Warm. Went to singing school, in the evening to the Common [page 17] Friday, 10th Joseph came home Saturday, 11th Captain Davis come to see me. Sunday, February 12, 1865 Cold. Monday, 13th Cold. Fifteen degrees below zero. [page 18] Friday, 17th Columbia, the Capitol of South Carolina envaded by the union forces. Rebels evacuate Charleston. Saturday, February 18, 1865 Charleston, South Carolina envaded by the union forces and stars and stripes horsted over the city and Fort Sumter. 200 pieces of artillery captured. [page 19] Tuesday, 21st Joseph came home. Fort Anderson, near Wilmington captured by the Federals. Scholfield and Porter. Wednesday, 22nd Went up to the lake to see Sam Holbrook. Chicken pie for dinner, ditto for supper. Bully. Wilmington, North Carolina captured by union forces. Thursday, 23 Sylvester Howard and wife and Mrs. Earle came out. Warm. Saturday, 25th Richard P. Goodall of Browington came out. Father carried me to Aunt Elizabeth’s. Albert came home from Petersburg, Va. On a 20 days furlough. Sunday, February 26, 1865 Joseph carried me home. [page 20] Monday, 27th Albert carried me to Barton. Staid with Joseph all night at Mr. Barnards. Tuesday, 28th Came back to Irasburgh Wednesday, March 1, 1865 The Federals recruited at the rate of over three thousand a day for 10 days. Thursday, March 2, 1865 Sheridan defeated Earley and captured over a thousand of his men. Saturday , 4th Joseph came home. Snowed hard all day. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson inaugurated President and Vice President of the United States. [page 21] Monday, 6th Capture of Ft. White and Georgetown, SC. Tuesday, 7th Went to town meeting. Wednesday, March, 8th Albert and I went to Mr. Colton’s—Pleasant Thursday, 9th Warm Friday, 10th Bill to arm the negro slaves passed the Rebel Congress. [page 22] Saturday, March 11, 1865 Joseph came home Sunday, 12th David carried me to Mr. Masseys and Father carried Albert, staid there all night. Kingston, NC surrendered to Federal forces. Monday, 13th Heibbard Massey carried us to Barton. Leaving quarters before 8. Arrived at Springfield, Mass at 10 o’clock. Left Springfield at 12. Tuesday, March, 14th Arrived at New York at 5 o’clock a.m. Left N.Y. at 8 o’clock arrived at Baltimore half 7 p.m. Staid at soldiers rest all night. Albert went on to Washington, D.C. Wednesday, 15th Left Baltimore at 8 a.m. arrived at Annapolis, Maryland at 11. Put into Division 1st, Sec. 2, Ward 30. Moses Foss stopped at parole camp. Saw Lients. Matthews, Sargent and Smith. Hollis Bailey and William Williams. [page 23] Sunday, 19th Windy Monday, 20th Pleasant Tuesday, 21st Cloudy [page 24] Thursday, 23rd High Wind Friday, 24th Albert taken prisoner Saturday, 25th Silas G. Bean of Irasburgh came to Annapolis Monday, 27th Steamers New York and Manhattan arrived with prisoners paroled at Richmond. John E. Hollowell left for Baltimore. Received letter from Albert. Very Pleasant—Albert paroled. Tuesday, 28th Pleasant [page 25] Wednesday, March 29, 1965 Very nice day Two boat loads of paroled prisoners arrived from Washington. Thursday, 30th Rainy Friday, 31st Rained Steamer Manhattan arrived with paroled prisoners of war from Richmond. Albert arrived at Annapolis from Richmond. Saturday, April 1st, 1865 Albert came to see me at Naval School Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland, Division 1, Sec. 2, Ward 30 from college Green or St. John’s Hospital. The Southside railroad__________by “yanks.” Sunday, 2nd Gen. R.E. Lee telegraphs to Jeff Davis that he is driven back and must evacuate Richmond. Richmond is evacuated by rebels. Twelve thousand prisoners and fifty five pieces of Artillery captured. 6th corps captured –2,000 prisoners and _____cannon. Monday, 3rd Richmond and Petersburg captured by the Yankees. General Weitzel occupies Richmond Jeff Davis leaves for Danville. [page 26] Tuesday, 4th Steamer Lizzie Baker and another large transport arrived with paroled prisoners from Richmond. Abraham Lincoln went into Richmond to see what he could see. Wednesday, 5th News that Jeff Davis is captured also General Lee and his whole army. Thursday, 6th Went to work in the Crutch Office Friday, 7th Lee surrendered Worked in Crutch Office Rainy Saturday, 8th Distributed type in the forenoon, layed still in afternoon. Pleasant. Sunday, 9th Rebel General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General U.S. Grant The entire rebel Army of the Potomac disbanded. [page 27] Monday, April 10th Partial eclipse of the moon. Gov. Bradford makes a speech at the State House. Salute of 100 cannons fired in account of the good news. Tuesday, 11th Some rain. Wednesday, 12th Mobile occupied by Federals. Saturday, 15th Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States shot dead by one Capt. Booth of the Rebel Army, J. Wilkes Booth. Gen. Anderson hoists the same flag over Fort Sumter that was removed by him in 1861. [page 28] Sunday, April, 16th Saw Peter Young Tuesday, 18th Arrest of Payne, the supposed assassin of Secretary Seward. Wednesday, 19th President Lincoln’s funeral. Went to graveyard between here and parole camp. Went to Roman Catholic meeting in the evening. Friday, 21st One hundred and fifty thousand dollars award offered for the arrest of J. Wilkes Booth. The remains of President Lincoln leave Washington. [page 29] Sunday, 23rd Jeff Davis leaves Charlotte, N.C. for Georgia. Wednesday, 26th Left Annapolis for the frat. Went to Washington and staid there all night. J. Wilks Booth Was killed. Surrender of General Johnson to General W.T. Sherman Thursday, 27th Saw Dwight Howard, went to Alexandria, got aboard transport Montank (?) [page 30] Friday, April 28, 1865 Started for City Point, entered the Chesapeake at 2 p.m. Arrived at Fortress Monroe at 10 o’clock p.m. Danville, Va. Occupied by the sixth corps—General Wright. Saturday, 29th Got off the Montank(?) and the transit and left Ft. Monroe. Arrived at City Point at 5 p.m. Saw Milo Stiles and Frank Tatro. Monday, May 1, 1865 Reception of the remains of President Lincoln at Chicago, Ill. Tuesday, 2nd President Johnson issued a proclamation offering a reward of one hundred thousand dollars reward for the arrest of Jefferson Davis. [page 31] Thursday, 4th President Lincoln buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. Saturday, 6th Went out of Bull Pen at 7 a.m. and had our names taken and went back in. Went out and got aboard transport Salvor at 6 p.m. and started for Alexandria. Sunday, May 7th, 1865 Arrived at Fortress Monroe at 11 o’clock a.m. stopped only a few minutes. Lost my cap overboard Monday, 8th Arrived at Annapolis at 5 p.m. Staid at Soldiers Rest all night. Tuesday, 9th Got aboard the Steamer Columbia at 5 p.m. and started for City Point again. [page 32] Wednesday, May 10th Arrived at Fortress Monroe at 4 p. and left at 6 p.m. Jeff Davis captured with his “Hoop-te-doodle-do” at Irwinville, Ga. By Lieut. Col. Pritchard of the 4th Michigan Cavalry. Thursday, 11th Arrived at City Point at 12 n. Albert arrived about the same time about 2 p.m. Friday, 12th Bull Pen not with Albert—Hollis Bailey, Milo Stiles, Charles Ross, Asa Cameron and Frank Tatro all of the 1st heavy Artillery. Pleasant. May, 13th Left Bull Pen at 1:00 p.m. Got on cars at three. Arrived at Petersburg at 4, left half past 4, arrived at Berks Station at 11 at night. Went into the woods and staid all night. Monday, 15th Left Burksville Station at 2 o’clock a.m. and arrived at Danville 3 p.m. Heard the boys in the Co. all night. Grand review of the Army of the Potomac at Washington. [page 33] Wednesday, 17th Washed my boat pants, shirt and stockings. Thursday, 18th Struck tents at o’clock a.m. at Danville, Va. But did not go away. Friday, May 19th, 1865 Left Danville at 5 in a.m. Arrived at Burks Station at dark. Arrived at Manchester at 3 o’clock at night. Unloaded baggage car, laid down on the ground and went to sleep. Saturday, 20th Went into Gary about 2 miles from the city. Drew soft bread, beans, pork and vinegar. Sunday, 21st Got a pass and went to Richmond. Went into Libby Prison. Visited Castle Thunder Rebel Capitol and Jeff Davis Residence. Saw Washington’s also Jefferson’s and Henry Clay’s. [page 34] Tuesday, 23rd Four days rations of everything except pork, 2 of pork. Wednesday, 24th Struck tents at 7 a.m. Reviewed by Gen’l Halleck as we passed through Richmond. Marched all day, camped at night near Hanover Court House. Tired, chaffed, and footsore. Review of Gen’l Sherman’s army at Washington. Thursday, May 25th Started at 4 ½ o’clock crossed the Pamunkey River at 8 o’clock. Marched till 8 o’clock p.m. went about 5 miles out of the way. Hardest march ever. Saw six men sun struck and died in our Brigade. Stopped at Chesterfield Station. General Wright gets many crosses. Friday, 26th Commenced raining and rained all night last night and all day today. Started and marched till 3 p.m. Stopped near Bowling Green. Mud up to our belly buttons. Got wet to the skin. Crossed Pole Cat River. Nigger said so. Polecat? –Skunk. Saturday, 27th Laid still all day. Mud so deep the wagon train can’t move. Cloudy. Some rain. Slept pretty much all day. [page 35] Sunday, May 28th Pleasant, no move today. Brigade dress parade Monday, 29th Pulled out at half past 5 a.m. arrived at Fredericksburg Heights at 4 p.m. and went into camp for the night. Very good day to march. Tuesday, 30th Pulled out, marched through Fredericksburg and crossed the Rappahannock River at 6 a.m. Marched till 3 p.m. and went into camp in the woods. HOT. Wednesday, 31st Pulled out at 5 a.m. Marched until 1 p.m. Went into camp in the woods in Prince Williams County, Va. Pretty hard march. Sargt. Holbrock fell out. Thursday, June 1 Pulled out at 6 o’clock. Crossed the occaquan creek at 10 at Wolf Run Shoals. Arrived at Fairfax Station at 2 p.m. At F. Court House 2 ½ . Sam Holbrock received commission, Lieut. Bailey received commission as Capt. Friday, 2nd Marched from Fairfax Court House to Bailey’s Cross Roads within 5 miles of Washington, D.C. Got letters from home. Saw Lieut. Mason. [page 36] Saturday, 3rd Near Balls Cross Roads Sunday, 4th Near Balls Cross Roads, Va. Monday, 5th Moved about half a mile. The 8th VT Reg. joined the Brigade. Saw Moses and Harvey Washburn. Tuesday, 6th Brigade Dress parade at 3 o’clock p.m. Wednesday, 7th Brigade Review by General L.A. Grant and Governor Smith. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 & 1st VT Cavalry present at Bailey’s Cross Roads, Va. HOT! Thursday, 8th Corps Review at Washington City, D.C. Left camp and went across the Bridge to Maryland Hv. Down Pennsylvania through Georgetown and back to Cary. Awful Hot! Seen many sun struck. [page 37] Friday, June 9, 1865 All quiet along the Potomac. Off duty—warm. Saturday, 10th Received letter from Joseph dated June 7th . Off duty. Cool. Sunday, 11th Name went in for a discharge from the Service of the United States. Albert went in also—later – commanded off duty. Monday, 12th Dwight Howard came in from Washington, D.C. at Bailey’s Cross Roads, Va. Making out muster out rolls for the 11th Reg. off duty. Tuesday, 13th Dwight Howard brought me a bottle of medicine from Washington City, D.C. off duty. Wednesday, 14th HOT DAY! [page 38] Thursday, June 15th Received letter from F.A. Smith dated Coventry, VA, June 10 mailed 12th---off Friday, 16th Cloudy & Cool Saturday, 17th Comfortable. Stiles sick. Mat Elkins got back from city. Wrote letter to Emma Littleton, N.H. off—Alexander H. Stevens and R.E. Lee apply for pardon. Sunday, 18th Off Monday, 19th 5th & 6th VT Regts. Mustered out---off Tuesday, 20th 2, 3, & 4th VT Regts. Mustered out. Heavy Thunder Shower. Three men killed in the 10th VT. [page 39] June, 21st Off Thursday, 22 Milo B. Stiles got his discharge from United States Service—off Friday, 23rd Albert got his discharge from U.S. Service and started for home. One year ago today I was taken prisoner by the rebels. Saturday, 24th Off— Mustered out of the service of United States this day at Balls Cross Roads. Defense of Washington, D.C. by reason of special order one hundred and fifty nine. Sunday, 25th Off Monday, 26th Broke camp at Balls Cross Roads, Va. At 9 a.m. Arrived at Baltimore Depot, Washington at 12 n. Boys feeling pretty well. Left Washington 8 p.m. Saw Dwight Howard. [page 40] Tuesday, 27th Arrived at Baltimore 2 a.m. Change cars left at 4, arrived at Wilmington, Del 10 a.m. at Philadelphia 2 p.m. Got good dinner. Crossed the Delaware over into Camden at 5 p.m. Left Camden at 8 on the cars. Wednesday, 28th Arrived at Jersey City at 3 p.m. crossed over into New York City and got breakfast. 12 noon, got aboard the steamer Thomas P.Way. Sixth Vermont Regiment arrived at New York. Passed West Point about 8 p.m. Cadets been out and fixed 10 cannons. Arrived at Albany, NY 12 o’clock at night, at Troy, NY at 2 p.m. James Madison died 1836. Thursday, 29th Arrived at Rutland, VT 7 ½ a.m. Brandon 8, Middleburg 10 a.m. at Burlington 2 p.m. Got big dinner at City Hall. Turned over guns and equipments. Got pass and transportation home; to report back next Wednesday. Friday, June 30th Left Burlington at 8 a.m. Change cars at Essex Junction. Arrived at White River Junction at 12 noon, change cars, arrived at Barton Landing 6;15, at Irasburg 7, home 8. Found Solon and Willie at the common. Saturday, July 1, 1865 Went common. Joseph came home. Sunday, 2nd Went to meeting at Methodist house. [page 41] Monday, July 3, 1865 Went to Newport, fishing in big brook, p.m. Pond night, nary a fish. Slept on pond. Tuesday, 4th No celebration Went to bed and slept all forenoon, afternoon lounged around, dreary day. A year ago today was in a Danville, Va prison, hungry as a bear. Wednesday, 5th Went to Burlington Sam Holbrook, John Huse, Egbert Mead, and I hired a room over a restaurant on Church Street and boarded at the same place. Good place. John Adams died 1826 in Mass. Thomas Jefferson died 1826 Thursday, 6th Paid off and got the little eagle. Discharged from the service of the United States. Became a citizen in full this day. Friday, 7th Went to Boston arrived about 7. Found Frank’s folks all well. Execution of the conspirators Harold, Payne, Atzerott and Mrs. Surratt. Saturday, 8th Went to Mount Aubern, Nice place, two balloons went up from Boston common. Went into the chapel and up in the ascension at Mt. Aubern. Some nice goose ponds there. Saw Charles Nye. [page 42] Sunday, July 9, 1865 Went with Frank to a school ship in Boston Harbor. One hundred sixty boys (Rascals picked up around the city for stealing and put there for three years to go to school. All young boys 6-12 years old. Sent there instead of being sent to state prison. Monday, 10th Went to Forrest Hill. Went to Morris Brothers in the evening. Tuesday, 11th Loafed around all day. Went to Alonso Hubbards and staid all night. Bought watch of Mr. Richardson’s 19$ Wednesday, 12th Went up to state house forenoon. Mr. Ayers to dinner. To Museum with Fred Ayers in afternoon. Butlers great troupe. Good performance. Bought –valise, two dollars 62 cts. Thursday, 13th Loafed around the city. Staid at Alonso Hubbards all night. Friday, 14th Left Boston for home with one who says I dislike to have you leave me for I have enjoyed the ride so well. [page 43] Saturday, July 15, 1865 Harriet Jane Grandma over here. Sunday, 16th George Rangers and William Rangers funeral sermons preached. Wrote letter to Frank, Emma and P.A. Smith. Rained hard all day. Big flood at Barton Monday, 17th Went to Barton, stopped to Aunt Elizabeth’s to dinner, came back then and staid all night. Tuesday, 18th Came home with Henry Green. Mowed little and raked a little. Hard work for soldiers to break into work. Wednesday, 19th Got up in morning, eat luncheon and carried Jane to Barton Landing, Vt. Brought bag of potatoes back from Masseys to Davids. Solon B. Carpenter came along with _________ Staid all night. Thursday, 20th Went to Newport with Moses. Saw Ed Smith, Kendrick Richmond, Charles Preston and David Cobb. Went to Irasburg city in the evening. [page 44] Friday, July 21, 1865 Albert and I went fishing in big brook, caught 40. Rainy. Went to common in evening with George Colton. Staid to Colton’s all night. Saturday, 22nd Went to South Troy with George Colton. Took dinner at Davises. Got home half past 4, raked hay till 8 o’clock. Sunday, 23rd Went to meeting all day. Pleasant. Monday, July 24, 1865 Got up in the morning the first thing I done, eat breakfast, went out and mowed half hour. Came in, staid till noon; went out and raked hay until 10 minutes. Tuesday, 25th Raked hay in the afternoon. Went to Aunt Mary’s in the evening. _______with Joe Skinner. Wednesday, 26th Placed tales forenoon. Went to _____at Glover Holler afternoon. [page 45] Thursday, July 27, 1865 Went to Newport, Vermont Saw Sargent, Smith, Joslyn Keller, Mead Friday, 28th Good hay day. Got in 6 loads. Saturday, 29th Went to Barton, Vt. Brought Joseph home. Sunday, July 30, 1865 Pleasant. Monday, 31st Hay day. Got letter from Frank. Tuesday, August 1st, 1865 The President orders that the 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 20, 23 & 24 Army Corps to be discontinued as organizations. [page 46] Wednesday, 2nd Finished haying on the lower farm. Friday, 4th Finished haying. Worked for Earle. Saturday, August 5, 1865 Worked for Earle. Sunday, 6th Went to meeting. Monday, 7th Went to circus Newport, Vt. with George F. Colton. [page 47] Thursday, 10th Went to Newport, Vt. Saturday, 12th Went to Newport after Emeline Wright Sunday, 13 Went to meeting in the forenoon, carried Emeline Wright back to Newport afternoon. [page 48] Wednesday, 16th Albert carried Joseph and me to Coventry Center. We took the cars and went to Newport. Joseph went back to Barton. I staid all night there. br/>br/> Thursday, August 17, 1865br/> Left Newport quarter past 7. Arrived at White River Junction at 12.br/> Found Crane waiting for me. Arrived at Springfield, Mass. At 6 p.m. At New York City at 11 p.m. br/>br/> Friday, 18thbr/> Arrived at Philadelphia 6 a.m. Staid at American Hotel on Chesnut Street all day and till 11 o’clock at night. br/>br/> Saturday, 19thbr/> Arrived in Baltimore at 4 a.m. and in Washington at half past seven. Crane went to the National Hotel and I went to Cousin Mary’s on K Street. Staid all day. br/> [page 49] Sunday, August 20, 1865 Staid with cousin May all day. Had a first rate good visit. Reuben Ash’s wife of Coventry ,Vermont dead. Monday, 21st Staid in Washington until 3 p.m. Went to Smithsonian Institute and to patent office. I left Crane for Baltimore and for Harper’s Ferry. Went as far as Relay House and waited until 10 p.m. for the train. Commencement of the trial of Wirz. Tuesday, 22nd Arrived at Harper’s Ferry at half past two a.m. Put up at Shenandoah Hotel. Left H. Ferry 3 p.m. Arrived Winchester, Va. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Put up at Tyler’s Hotel on London Street. Wednesday, August 23, 1865 Wrote Prospectus of the Winchester Journal. Pleasant but cool for this part of the country at this time of year. Went to Mrs. Wrights to board. Thursday, 24th Cleaned out the rooms where the printer’s office is to be at Winchester, Va. Pleasant. Some of Crane’s paper arrived from Baltimore, Md. Wrote letter to Albert. Friday, 25th Cleaned windows in the composing room. Commenced work a.m. Crane. [page 50] Saturday, August 26, 1865 Press and type came at 2 o’clock p.m. Went to work laying out cases and setting press. Worked until 11 o’clock in the evening. Sunday, 27th Wrote to Solon Monday, 28th Set type all day. Tuesday, August 29, 1865 Pleasant Wednesday, 30th Pleasant. Received letter from home, dated Aug. 24 at Boston. Wrote to Jo Skinner, West Glover, Vt. Thursday, 31st The Editor has gone to Baltimore. Received a letter from Father dated August 29, mailed 28 at Irasburgh, Vermont. [page 51] Friday, September 1, 1865 Worked hard all day and all night. Saturday, 2nd W.J. Very busy today. Worked pretty much all night. Issued the Winchester Journal, vol. 1, number 1. Worked off G.S.O. sheets. Sunday, 3rd Very sultry. Wrote to Albert. Monday, September 4, 1865 Had hard shower. Tuesday, 5 Another shower. Received letter from Joseph dated Aug. 26, mailed 28. Wednesday, 6 More rain. Worked until 11 o’clock p.m. [page 52] Thursday, September 7, 1865 Shower. Crane and Hunter worked all night. Friday, 8th Got journal off about noon. [page 53] Friday, 15th Got journal off eight in morning. [page 54] Tuesday, 26th Worked late at night. Wednesday, 27th First side off 3:30 p.m. Thursday, September 28, 1865 Editor gone to Baltimore and Alexandria. Hunter and I worked, worked till two o’clock at night to get paper off. Friday, 29th Journal off at ten o’clock forenoon. Hunter and Warren went to tournament. Very pleasant and warm. [page 55] Thursday, October 5, 1865 First side journal off three a.m. at night. Friday, 6th Journal off 12 o’clock [page 56] Monday, 9th Set two volumes and half. Wednesday, 11th First side journal off 6 o’clock. Thursday, 12th Journal off at 6 o’clock p.m. [page 57] Monday, 9th Set two volumes and half. Wednesday, 11th First side journal off 6 o’clock. Thursday, 12th Journal off at 6 o’clock p.m. [page 58] Saturday, October 21, 1865 Engaged rooms at Mrs. Jones $3 per week. [page 59] Sunday, October, 29th W W [page 60] October 31 - November 5th 1865 No entries [page 61] Friday, November 10, 1865 Captain Wirz the Andersonville prison keeper hung. Too good for him, had ought to had his __________(blank) (shins) (?) kicked. Saturday, 11th Very cold, couldn’t hardly set type. [page 62] Sunday, November 12, 1865 Very pleasant. Smashed Rebecca Wright’s flower vase all to thunder. Didn’t go to church to-day on account of it being so cold. Wrote letter to Jo Skinner. All quiet on the Potomac. [page 63] November 18, 1865 - November 23, 1865 No entries [page 64] November 24, 1865 - November 29, 1865 No entries [page 65] Monday, December 4, 1865 39th Congress assembled. Schuyler Colfax elected speaker [page 66] Thursday, 7th Thanksgiving Day in Va. Worked hard all day till 12 o’clock at night. Got locked out, went to Taylor’s Hotel. [page 67] Tuesday, 12th Got boots taped $1.50. Warm Thursday, 14th George Washington died 1799 at Mount Vernon, Va. Saturday, 16th Very cold. First snow, coldest weather yet. Sunday, 17th Cold as Greenland. [page 68] Monday, December 18, 1865 Very warm, rainy. Wednesday, 20th Sng. Eavers’ barn burned in Winchester, Va. [page 69] December 24, 1965 - December 29, 1865 No entries [page 70] Letters received Date From Jan. F.B. Webster, J.B. Skinner, A. Webster, George Colton, Moses Lenrue, Robert A. Nag, Annapolis, Md., A.A. Webster, Irasburg Jan. 27 from Oscar W. Roberts, West Enosburg, Vt. Jan. 28 from J.N.W., Barton, Vt. Feb. 2 Albert, Patrick Station, Vt. Mrs. George Emery, Eden Mill, Vt. Dated Jan. 31st Feb. 5 from Jane dated Feb. 3 Feb. 8 Martin V. Bemis, Baltimore Feb. 11 H.N. Webster, dated 6th, A.B. dated Feb. 9th Feb. 14 Joseph dated 13th Feb. 23 Myra Robbins dated Feb. 20 Mar. 7 from Emma dated Mar. 5 Mar. 23 S.H. Holbrook Mar. 27 Albert dated 24 Mar. 30 1 from Father, 1 from A.W. Bemis, 1 from Joseph Apr. 7 J.E. Hallowell Apr. 9 Crane Boyate Father Apr. 18 From Albert dated 11th. Apr. 25 From Father and from J. Webster July 22 From Emma Aug. 30 From Crane Aug. 31 From Father Sept. 6 From Joseph [page 71] Letters written: Jan. 30 To Ellen J. Webster Jan. 31 George F. Colton Feb. 3 Mrs. George Emery Leitbell Sons & Co., Boston Feb. 4 C.B., Boston Feb. 8 Martin V. Bemis Feb. 12 Oscar W. Roberts Feb. 23 Myra Robbins, Irasburg, Vt. Mar. 1 To Frank, to Emma Mar. 15 To Joseph, Sam Holbrook Mar. 17 To Father Mar. 18 George Skinner Mar. 27 Oscar Wright Mar. 28 Grandma Mar. 29 To Charles Mar. 30 A.A. Earle, Joseph, Albert Apr. 23 S.H. Holbrook July 16 To Frank, to Emma, to P.A. Smith July 19 To Charles Nye Aug. 1 Ernestine Wright Aug. 19 To Father Aug. 20 To Emma and Chas. Nye Aug. 21 To Jane and Joseph Aug. 22 To Emeline Webster Aug. 24 to Albert Aug. 25 Geo. F. Colton, Charles Cleveland Aug. 27 To Solon Aug. 30 J.B. Skinner Sept. 3 To Albert [page 72] Cash Account Paid Jan. 14 Diary .50 Notebook .15 Envelopes .18 Cloth for shirt 2.05 Jan. 17 Doz. Eggs .25 Dr. Skinner 1.25 Cigars .50 Jan. 23 Cloth for shirt 2.55 Jan. 27 Btl. of Portez .60 3 lbs. of honey .48 Jan. 28th 2 yds. Velvet tape 1.25 confectionary .75 Btl. of Plantation Bitters 1.25 Pocket inkstand .25 Postage stamps .44 9th Walton’s Register .75 31st Chestnuts at J.D.W.s .15 Stick of black licorice .05 [page 73] 3rd Pamphlet received .20 8th Sleeping powders of Dr. Adgate .35 14th 1 pound strained Honey .30 15th Postage stamps .18 21st Wooden pipe .10 Tobacco .08 24th letter paper .20 25th Dr. Skinner .50 28th Inkstand .20 Looking glass .15 [page 74] 1st Postage stamps .75 7th Oysters .25 8th For Book 1.25 13th ticket from White River Junction to New York 7.75 Pie, paper, book .35 Oysters & eggs .75 18th Ham & ale .40 Oranges .30 14th Ferry to Jersey City .23 Ticket to Baltimore 6.55 15th Fresh fish & eggs .50 18th ticket from Barton to Annapolis 1.25 Ice cream .50 19th Lunch at Baltimore .25 Sugar & cheese .20 Ice cream .50 16th Sugar & cake .80 Oysters .40 16th Ice cream .25 [page 75] E.H.W. Transcribed by: Joyce Hicks
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