1862 June 12 Richmond, Va.

[from the diary of Daniel D. Logan, younger brother of General Thomas M. Logan, formerly a Sgt, Co. B, 1st Special Battalion (Rightor's), now with the Hampton Legion]



                        Thursday - June 12th 1862
Spent today in the office paying off
officers – Capt Harrison & I walked out
in the morning in search of another house
for board & lodging – Rode two miles
down the Mechanicsville road in the
Evening for the same purpose but unsuccessfully –
I went into town tonight in the Ambulance
to get horsefeed from the mill – Spent the
Even night at Mr Harveys with Mullie &
Brother Geo.  Rec’d a letter tonight from Sallie
in Charleston informing me of the death of Ben
Flucker at Cornith on the 17th  ult of measles.        
This is indeed a sad loss.  Bud too has been        
sick two months with typhoid fever – To die in Camp 
of disease! Great God – this is a hard blow to the family
God grant them fortitude & resignation – I must get Smith – Glover            
Also rec’d a letter from My sweet little Trude – she  
shows her weeping heart in it, with some too of
the native mischief – How I would like to be with them tonight!

The following lines are cross-written over the above page.]
Spent the night with Mullie & Bro
at Mr Harveys – Didn’t retire
until twelve o’clock – I met Robt
Fishburn today who recognized me for my likeness
to “the family”- I did not Know him.

Sallie: Sister Sarah Septima Logan.
Ben Flucker: Cap. Benjamin K. Fluker, Co. D, 25th La. Infantry, died may 13, 1862, possibly the brother in law of Joseph Logan, Daniel's brother.
Mullie & Bro: Thomas Muldrup Logan and George William Logan, Jr.

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards; family notes by Sally Rice Forsyth Donnelly]


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