1862 July 17 Columbia, S.C.

[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 – July 17th 1862
Spent a very good night in the baggage
magg Cars - & arrived at Columbia abt
five o’clock this morning – after some
trouble we got our baggage unto a cart
& ourselves into the Congaree omnibus –
reaching the corner of Richland & Sumpter
streets – I got out to Enquire for “Mrs Logan”
put my head in a gate & saw Lizzie in the yard –
she screamed & ran back calling Brothers

a few seconds I was Embraced by two of my
ladies & Lizzie & was Kissed so furiously that
I could not see who they were – Julie now
came running down & calling my name –
gave the girls their first intimation that it
was I & not Bro George whom they
were Embracing – Little Georgie now came up in her morning wrapper
& hf dressed – when Bro came in the
gate confirming [--]  informa
-tion – Abt an hf hour was taken up in
Kissing – when I could review the two young ladies
whom I left seven years ago little girls – Lilly      

 [The rest of this page is written in Logan’s code with the
exception of one sentence:

“Little Georgie is not so large as I Expected to find her”.]

[The following lines are cross-written over the above page.]
[-----] other [-] have not changed
much since I saw them last – Our arrival
today took them all by surprise – Went
walking this Evening with Mullie [-]
& George – Bro complaining – Father is
not at home – Lizzie wrote to tell him
of our arrival –


Lizzie:  Elizabeth Yonge Logan, 1834- 1918
Julie: Julia Rowena Logan, 1836-1909
Georgie: Selina Georgiana Logan, 1849-1921
Lilly Josephine Maria (Lillie) Logan    


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