Thus closes my notes for the month of December and also for the year just passed and gone and now numbered with the things that were. Whether the Almighty will spare me to chronicle the daily events of the incoming year is more than I know but trusting in Him I shall enter upon the pleasing task, which is useful as a reference and may be profitable to those who have an interest in me.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Monday, October 21st, 1861
To day was a very busy one in the way of business. The Steamer Ruthven arrived from Galveston, with a heavy freight, which kept me busy in the ware house. I shipped Capt Wrigley some corn meal & potatos for the use of his company. weather clear & very pleasant.
Click on the map to enlarge it . . . and click HERE to read more about the Battle of Ball's Bluff which took place in Virginia on this date in 1861.
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1861,
corn meal,
freight,
Galveston,
Liberty Co.,
Liberty Guards,
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October,
potatoes,
Ruthven,
steamboats,
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Wrigley
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