Monday, February 13, 2012

1862 February 14 [Williamsburg, Va.]

[from the diary of Daniel D. Logan, younger brother of General Thomas Logan and a Sgt., Co. B, 1st Special Battalion (Rightor's) Louisiana Infantry]

Friday – February 14th 1862
Weather clear until noon when it rained –
hv [have] Drill but not Batt drill or
parade – Spent the day indoors
reading & playing chess – Beat Harry
3 games out of 5 - & each of us won one
game in another tournament – Wrote
to Mrs Roy tonight enclosing Maggie
& Kates letter to me –
Made out an application for furlough
tonight to send by Charley Howell
to Yorktown – Heard tonight
that we had a severe fight
with the Enemy at Fort Donnelson
& had repressed them –
Dick went Turkey hunting today –

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 6154

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