Newton County GaArchives News.....MR. MOSS'S DIARY AS KEPT DURING SIXTIES July 6 1916
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The Covington News
"This Is As I Saw It. It May Be Different As Others Saw It"
He Says of 3d Regiment, Company H.
BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 1861

December, 1861

1.....Sunday, some of us went to the old English fort.

2, 3, 4....Got nearly done shingling winter quarters.

5.....______ ________ ______    ________ home. Received orders to get ready to 
go back to Virginia.  Everybody glad of it, the band played  "Carry Me Back To 
Old Virginia Shore"

6.....Col. WRIGHT, Capt. WALKER, and their wives went over to Nag's Head and 
reported a good time when they returned.

7.....We were looking for the North Carolina troops to come to take our places 
and for boats to go on ourselves.

8.....Me and WILLIAMS, KITCHENS, STARR, RAMSEY, HARGROVES, HORTON went over to 
Nagshead to see the place and gather sea shells.

9.....The North Carolina began to come in. We had orders to drill twice a day.

10....After drill Col. WRIGHT made a speech and gave orders to cook 4 days 
rations and be ready by sun up the next morning to go aboard the steamers.

11....Struck tents and was bothered about transportation. Did not get off . 
More North Carolina troops came.

12....We marched to the beach twice to get off. but the steamer Wilson could 
not get the schooner off the sand bar. We went back. I stayed in plank kiln 
with some others, Old man D?? was on hand and the boys gobbled like turkeys and 
squealed like chickens at him. He had missed a few of them things.

13....We got off at last, our Company H., on the steamer Curlew, Capt. HUNTER 
commanding. We landed at Elizabeth City at 8 1/2 o'clock at night. Our Company 
H. was put in A Academy.

14....We marched to South Mills on the Dismal Swamp Canal. Companies H and K 
staid at the first bridge across the Pasquotauk river, the line of Camden and 
Pasqueta counties.

15....Marched to Deep Creek on the canal and staid all night.

16....Marched to the Navy yard and put up in the mast house for the night.

17....I was on guard at the wharf to guard the tents and mess boxes, the 
balance marched to the camps about 1- 1/2 miles. Big spree with the boys they 
had got a lot of the Creature that always makes trouble in lots of cases in 
crowds. We got a lot of eggs and butter. W. BIRD, GEORGE DERY and O. G. ROBERTS
had got back from home with the articles named. They left me on guard and 
forgot me in the joyful time. I had nothing to eat or drink all day. About dark 
JOHN LEVY came to me and relieved me, and we went to Emanuels cook shop and got 
supper and then to camps. The boys had opened my jug and about half of it was 
gone.

18....We called the camp Mud Hole.

19....General RIVERS by Genl. BLANCHARD and General HUGER.

20....Heavy cannonading towards Sewells Point commenced at 8 o'clock and lasted 
to 12 o'clock.

21....Paymaster commenced paying off the regiment and quit for the lack of 
change bills.

22....I was on guard along a ditch.

23....Capt. JONES, RICHARDSON, LEVY and ZACHARY left for home on furlough.

24....LIZZIE commenced cooking for our mess. Company h. was paid off today.

25....Most all the boys went to town.

26....I went to Norfolk. Got letter from home.

27....I paid our cook we had before we went to Roanoke Island, we went off in a 
hurry and could not pay her.

28....Commenced building winter quarters near the tide water in the thickest 
pines I most ever saw.

29....The Steamer Sea Bird too a schooner. I was on guard. A good deal 
cannonading.

30....I was making out payrolls. It snowed some.

31....General inspection of arms, etc.

To Be Continued

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