Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Post image for Rebel War Clerk’s Diary.

JUNE 5TH.—There are rumors of a fight down at Pig’s Point today; and it is said our battery has torn the farthingale of the Harriet Lane pretty extensively. The cannon was heard by persons not many miles east of the city. These are the mutterings of the storm. It will burst some of these days.

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