1862 July 20 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]


   
                        Sunday – July 20th 1862
Bro & I went down to the So Ca Depot this morning
at five o’c to meet Father, the cars did not come up
until Eight o’c – after some I search I met Father
on the platform – he did not Know me at all he is
not looking as badly as I had been led to Expect by the girls
but tho’ with a wretched cold he is looking better than
when I saw him last – he spent the day with us but
returned by the Evening train for Charleston at 5 o’c p.m.
Walked out with Lilly & Georgie this Evening to our
plantation – saw  the Misses Dicksons on our way –

[The diary ends here.  The following several pages contain addresses, a roster of officers, and notes. Your bloggers do not know if Logan ever returned to the Army.  He died December 1, 1862, probably from pneumonia, and is buried in Charleston S.C. His brother "Mullie" Thomas Muldrop Logan, 1840-1914, became one of the youngest Confederate generals.  After the war he helped found the Southern Railroad]

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