Thursday, December 16, 2010

UNDATED

Here ends the 1864 diary of George Hichborn of Company B, 20th Maine Regiment.  In the rear of this diary are several lists of names of soldiers that Hichborn knew or with whom he served.  Here follows the most legible list, numbered 1-30.

La Voy
 Rathbun
England
Avery
Cooper
McGraw
Vider
McConnell
Depper
Tusler
Lantz
Naylor
Jones
Wrght
Warner
Westfall
Campbell J N
Poulton
Davis
Harris
Kepler
Knollkemper
Johnson
Murphy
Perkins
O'Hara
McComb
thompson
Bonds
Hitcborn



Saturday, December 17, 1864

we arrived in
Boston 8 Oclock AM
f left for Portland
at 2 PM at 8 1/2 got A good
Supplies at the depot
and then went to the
Soldiers rest and stayed
all night

Friday [December] 16 [1864]

arrived in
Philedelphia about
2 Oclock AM  got
very good Breakfast
at the Union relief
Saloon left ther
New York at 4 AM  2PM

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Thursday [December] 15 [1864]

cold and clear
this morn  we fell in
and went to Head
Quarters to get our
furlough  did not get thenm  until we got
down town  took us
boat for Baltimore

Wednesday, December 14, 1864

cold and cloudy

Tuesday [December 13] 1864

still very cold we got
our certificates for
our commutation
money today

Friday, December 10, 2010

Monday [December] 12 [1864]

cold and windy

Sunday, December 11, 1864

cloudy and warm
& very wet under foot
we expected to
start for home but
did not cleared off
and grows cold very
fast

Saturday [December] 10 [1864]

Snowed last night and
is quite warm to day
was mustered for
ration money to day
went to Headquarters
and had our [time?] lists taken

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Friday, December 3, 2010

Tuesday [December] ] 6 [1864]

warm nothing done
yet about our
Furloughs

Monday, December 5, 1864

quite cool to day
no news to day

Sunday [December] 4 [1864]

cold and cloudy
was Payed to day
got $36

Saturday [December] 3 [1864]

A fine morn we fell
in at 10 AM to go to
camp Parole was Searched
to see if we had any
extra Blankets they found
A good many Signed the
Payrolls found Layfeld D B

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Friday, December 2, 1864

cool and rained in
the afternoon drew
another Suit of clothes
to day and had A wash
all over warm water
got full rig now

Thursday, December 1 [1864]

A fine morning and
very cool arrived at
Annapolis at 12 Oclock

Wednesday [November] 30 [1864]

another fine day we
are in the Chesepeak Bay
now of Fortress Monroe
3 Oclock PM we are not
goin to stop at the Fort
and so ends the last day
of the month

Tuesday, November 29, 1864

another lovely day and
we are making good time
for Annapolis A fair
wind Passed Cape Hatteras
6 PM it was very
smooth very few sea
Sick