[February 17, 1862]
" 17th A cold rain commenced falling
early
in the morning Were called
into ramks at 7 & stood in
the
rain till 8 oclock when we
[Cyrus Thomas diary, 1862, United States Civil War]
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- Title
- [Cyrus Thomas diary, 1862, United States Civil War]
- Author
- Thomas, Cyrus, b. ca. 1832
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- Thomas, Cyrus, b. ca. 1832--Diaries; Soldiers--Ohio--Biography; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; Dog Walk, Battle of, Dog Walk, Ky., 1862; Lawrenceburg, Battle of, Lawrenceburg, Ky., 1862; Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865). Company E
- Campaigns & battles--1860-1870
- Union soldier; Union Army; Chesser's Store; American Civil War; War Between the States; War of Secession; War of the Rebellion; 49th Ohio
- Kentucky; Tennessee; United States
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- Cite this Item
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"[Cyrus Thomas diary, 1862, United States Civil War]." In the digital collection Civil War Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/USCW001.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2025.
Pages
p. 3 Cyrus Thomas diary
[page 3]
were ordered to march The
rain continued to fall
till 9
oclock The pike4 1.1 was
covered with thin mud
The boys
manifested an unusual
lively spirit to which they
gave vent by
singing shon
songs indicative of the pleasure
they felt at they felt
at on
leaving their old stamping
ground & moving
farther
into rebeldom where an oppor-
tunity would be offered to
test the truthfulness of the
pompous assertion of southern
braggarts - That three one south-
erners were was equal to 3 northern
mudsills5 1.2 Made 18 miles
5 miles of which was pike & 2 or 3
by R. R. & the balance of the
way we trudged through as
muddy roads as ever was
seen on clayey pikes Many
dropped out by
the way
p. 4 Cyrus Thomas diary
Notes
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4 1.1
Def. WRUD pike: A turnpike; a toll bar
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5 1.2
Def. LOTCW mudsill: A slang name used as an insult. Rebels particularly employed it for Yankees…. A muddsill was actually the foundation of a building, the lowest horizontal sill (level of timber or masonry) that usually rested on the ground.