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.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Sunday, November 10th, 1861
To day the Steamer Ruthven arrived from Galveston with a little freight. Bob arrived on her. I remained at home fixing for a visit to Galveston. weather changeable and warm.
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150 years ago today . . . MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], November 10, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
ReplyDeleteAccident to a Texan.—The Clarksville Chronicle of the 8th, records the accidental death, by drowning, of one of the Texan soldiers who came to that city by river. After the boat had landed, it is supposed, he endeavored to pass from it to the wharf-boat, and the night being dark, he fell between them, into the river. He was heard struggling and calling for help for some time, but no skiff or yawl could be got to him. The man's name, we are told, was Farrett, and he was from Harrison county, Texas.
150 years ago today . . . MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], November 10, 1861, p. 2, c. 5
ReplyDeleteThe ladies of Clarksville, Tenn., presented the Texas regiment a timely gift, while at that place. Nearly all the soldiers were supplied with comfortable woolen gloves, and a number with good blankets.
150 years ago . . . MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], November 17, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
ReplyDeleteBody Found.—The body of the Texas soldier, whose accidental drowning at our wharf we mentioned in our last, was found last Tuesday in the river, near Trice's Landing, about a mile below this place. An inquest was held by Coroner Bailey, and a verdict of death by accidental drowning was rendered by the jury, after which he was decently buried. The name of the unfortunate man was Moses Gerould or Gerald. He belonged to Capt. Bass' company, of Col. Gregg's Texas regiment. We have been told by one party that the man was from Harrison county Texas, and have heard from others that he joined the company somewhere in Mississippi. He had on his person $24.55 in money; a note for $100, dated September 22, 1849, signed by G. W. Porter, and a watch.—Clarksville Chronicle, Nov. 15.