East Texas Family Records, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 1994 Page: 6
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EAST TEXAS FAMILY RECORDS VOL.18, N0.1, SPRING 1994
(1864, Gaines travels, continued)
June 15 Moved 3 miles north
June 16 I was detailed to go near Alex and help hall shucks and
shell corn for to make meal
June 19 Shucked shelled corn
June 21 Released from the Mill near Alexandria
June 22 Got back to camp north east of Alexandria
June 24 In camps near Holloways Prairie 12 or 15 miles east of Alexandria
Repeat of June 24th entry
Repeat of June 24th entry
July 11 Company D and E was ordered to report to Gen. at Alex
on a trip around on Black and Washington River at that
night we left Alex down the River
July 12 Up Black River and the Washatau to Harison Burg
July 13 Went up to Columbia 74 miles and back to Harison Burg
July 14 Went down within 15 miles of the mouth of Black River
July 15 Commenced loading the boat with corn
July 16 Loading the boats with corn
July 17 Finished loading 4000 bushels set sail raised steem
July 18 At Maggy Point went back 2 miles acording to orders
July 19 Unload corn
July 20 Unload over 2000 bushels
July 21 Ordered to Alexandria
July 22 Returned to the comman near Holloway's Prairie lake
July 23 Ordered to march at 7 oclock and did march to cataheoler
July 34 Marched down Little River
July 25 Got to Black River.one mile below Trinity
July 26 Remained in camp one mile below Trinity
July 29 Some 10 miles north west of Trinity 6 miles N.W. of Harison Burg
Aug 8 Camp ? miles east of Harison Burg south Washatau River
Drill in heavy
Aug 17 In camps 6 miles west??
Aug 21 Moved 4 miles north??? within the pine woods
Aug 22 Benn TIPPENS stayed all night with me
Aug 23 In Camps
Aug 26 Left camps and crossed the Washatau at Harison Burg marched 14
miles East ward near the Tennsaw there lay up a day or two
thence orders to Misouri got to Monroe 5 miles northwest in camps
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