Newton County GaArchives News.....MR. MOSS'S DIARY AS KEPT DURING SIXTIES November 9 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson mandpthompson@bellsouth.net February 4, 2004, 6:21 pm 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 January, 1863 9.....We then went on and took dinner at JOHN H. METTABARGER and fed our horses and got dinner. Had plenty of fresh meat, hogshead, Souse Meat, Suasage and ribs, back bones, and pumpkin pies, but they had nothing to bake bread on but oven lid. The old man would weigh 115 lbs., the old lady 267 lbs., the girls split the difference, two of them. We went from there to MATHEW HILL'S and staid all night. They had a regular cotton picking or picking seed out of cotton. They was genuine Tennesseeans and genuine cotton picking too. The old lady would go around with her apron and hand each one a handful of cotton to pick, and occasionally she would bring around a tray full of pies and cakes and so on, everybody saying what they pleased, women and all. Some grown people had never been 15 miles from home. 10....We left HILL'S and rode all day in the rain until night and put up at JAMES TURNER. The room leaked so bad we had to put our clothes under the bed to keep them dry but fared well as to eating. We were 12 miles from Jett's Mills, heard the command had moved to Cumberland Gap. 11....We got to camps in the evening. 12....I was detailed to assist Captain PITMAN to issue rations and hunt up rations, had it all to do myself. PITMAN went to Knoxville. 13....PITMAN still in Knoxville. 14....I had to go to Knoxville with the wagons after rations. I staid all night with JOHN NORTON and paid him 70 dollars on a horse I bought from him. Brought the horse for 140 dollars. 15....I got back to camps through the rain. 16....Snowed all day and night. 17....I went with the wagons to Mr. CONNORS after forage and some meat. 18....Orders came for us to have the horses all shod up and get ready to move out of East Tennessee to Georgia. There was a glad crowd then, you bet. 19....We started from Jett's Mills soon in the morning. Major WINN made a speach to us. We got as far as Camel Station and camped. It rained all night. 20....There was detail made to carry horses through to Georgia. We passed London. Part of us crossed over the river on the railroad bridge with our horses. The bridge was a very high bridge and looked very scary when about the middle, but we was on our way to Georgia. We passed through Philadelphia in the evening and camped at Mr. BACOINS, it still raining. 21....The walking party took the train at Philadelphia for Dalton, Georgia. We got to Mouse Creek and camped in church, it still raining. part of us went to eating house and got supper. 22....We left Mouse Creek and passed through Athens and camped in a hickory grove on the Hiwassee River. 23....Crossed the river which was the line of Georgia and Tennessee. We went on to within 16 miles of Dalton. We were glad we were in Georgia. After dark the boys sang the song. "Home Sweet Home" in a loud strain. I saw several tears run down hardened cheeks with trembling voices. 24....We got to Dalton at 12 o'clock. Orders were there for us to go to Dahlonega, for it was in possession of Tories, 1,000 strong. Two companies had gone from Dalton to Dahlonega already and we heard all sorts of reports and rumors about the Tories. We were expecting a fight as soon as we got there. 25....Left Dalton for Dahlonega crossed the mountains and camped. 26....Passed through Ellijay in Gilmer County and plenty of snow and camped. 27....Got to Dahlonega, in the evening, went on the Gold Branch and camped. Lieut. ALFRED SMITH, of Infantry, came to our camp and I went over in town and staid all night with him in a house close to the jail. 28....I was on guard at the court house all night. 29....Three of us went to an out house close to the jail and staid all night, the balance taking vacant houses for quarters. 30....Orders for a detail to go to Blairsville with 15 men in charge of a lieutenant. 31....Lieutenant C. R. HODGE and 15 men started to Blairsville and went 14 miles and camped at Mr. BRUSHHOURS, where some of the boys were vacinated for small pox. February, 1963 1.....I was taken sick on the road and had to stop. GRIFFEN DRIGGERS was with me. We stopped at JESSE SOUTHERN'S. He gave me some good brandy and honey and a good supper and breakfast. He was a powerful talker and had a daughter, Kate, who was made famous in after years by killing a man. 2.....We got to Blairsville at 11 o'clock. Scouting party was sent out. I staid all night at Mr. HARALSON'S where FRANCIS had stopped. 3.....Snow 3 inches deep. The boys and citizens had a good time snow balling. I went to the Masonic lodge that night with N. J. SKINNER. To Be Cont. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb