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“…regimental drills and dress parades…”
“…two immense balloons appeared…”
“…the sound of two cannon shots…”
“…Chinese firecrackers.”
“Thin lines of smoke…”
“A wounded Confederate straggler…”
“…with soot and cobwebs…”
“…acres of dead Federals…”
“…a common jelly.”
“He stole a uniform…”
“He killed a Yankee straggler…”
“…eight dollars for five biscuits.”
“…a spoiled beef liver…”
“…a ruddy glow appeared…”
“…it must be stables burning.”
“…fiery lances of yellow and red…”
“…a crackling sound.”
“…the deaths of kings and heroes.”
“…ghastly shapes...”
“…pregnant again.”
“…regimental drills and dress parades…”
Fragments from the transcribed Civil War diary of Cpl. John T. Reid, Company K, 42nd Regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA.
“…two immense balloons appeared…”
Alexander, E. P. (1906). Military memoirs of a Confederate [prospectus]: A critical narrative. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 312.
“…the sound of two cannon shots…”
“Barbarians at Fredericksburg’s Gate: The Impact of the Union Army on Civilians,” William A. Blair, included in:
Gallagher, G. W. (1995). The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock. Chapel Hill, N.C: University of North Carolina Press, p. 142.
“…Chinese firecrackers.”
Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.), Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization), United Confederate Veterans., & United Daughters of the Confederacy. (1893). Vol. 1. Confederate veteran. Nashville, Tenn: S.A. Cunningham, p. 370.
“Thin lines of smoke…”
Alexander, E. P. (1906). Military memoirs of a Confederate [prospectus]: A critical narrative. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 291.
“A wounded Confederate straggler…”
“Memoir Excerpt Covering the Battles of First and Second Fredericksburg,” anonymous, transcript and photocopy of original held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA, pp. 17-18, 2.
“…with soot and cobwebs…”
Narrative of Marion Johnson.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 116.
Marion Johnson
“…acres of dead Federals…”
“It is Well that War is So Terrible: The Carnage at Fredericksburg,” George C. Rable, included in:
Gallagher, G. W. (1995). The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock. Chapel Hill, N.C: University of North Carolina Press, p. 54.
“…a common jelly.”
Siegel, A. A. (2001). Beneath the starry flag: New Jersey's Civil War experience. New Brunswick (N.J.: Rutgers University Press, p. 85.
“He stole a uniform…”
“Memoir Excerpt Covering the Battles of First and Second Fredericksburg,” anonymous, transcript and photocopy of original held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA, pp. 17, 2.
“He killed a Yankee straggler…”
“Memoir Excerpt Covering the Battles of First and Second Fredericksburg,” anonymous, transcript and photocopy of original held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA, pp. 18, 3.
“…eight dollars for five biscuits.”
“Memoir Excerpt Covering the Battles of First and Second Fredericksburg,” anonymous, transcript and photocopy of original held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA, pp. 24, 5.
“…a spoiled beef liver…”
“Memoir Excerpt Covering the Battles of First and Second Fredericksburg,” anonymous, transcript and photocopy of original held at the archives at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Fredericksburg, VA, pp. 24, 5.
“…a ruddy glow appeared…”
Saxon, E. L. (1905). A Southern woman's war time reminiscences. Memphis, Tenn: Press of the Pilcher Printing Co, p. 15.
“…it must be stables burning.”
The Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA), December 16, 1862.
“…fiery lances of yellow and red…”
Herbert, G. B. (1894). Anecdotes of the Rebellion. Springfield, Ohio: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, p. 27.
“…a crackling sound.”
Thomason, J. W. (1941). Lone star preacher: Being a chronicle of the acts of Praxiteles Swan, M.E. church south. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, p. x.
“…the deaths of kings and heroes.”
Saxon, E. L. (1905). A Southern woman's war time reminiscences. Memphis, Tenn: Press of the Pilcher Printing Co, p. 15.
“…ghastly shapes...”
“It is Well that War is So Terrible: The Carnage at Fredericksburg,” George C. Rable, included in:
Gallagher, G. W. (1995). The Fredericksburg Campaign: Decision on the Rappahannock. Chapel Hill, N.C: University of North Carolina Press, p. 57.
“…pregnant again.”
The entry for the family of Lorenzo Jackson in the 1870 Census for King George County, Virginia, lists “William” as a six-year-old boy, indicating that Anarcha would have had to have gotten pregnant sometimes in 1863. I have placed it early in the year. It’s also possible that Anarcha became pregnant with Lizzie at this time.