LaFrancis Hackett
about 1890.
1 weather warm and pleasant to day
I was on gard to day
the Reeport is that hood army is only 5 miles from
hear
2 It rand to day
I came of from gard to day
report that hood army is crosing the river
I got 2 letters from to day allso rote one
3 weather pleasant but rother cold to day
I went out to our rear line of batel to day
no male for me today
4 weather pleasant but rother cold to day
we had heavy inspection to day
no male for me to day
5 weather pleasant but rather cold to day
I got A pass to go over to the 130 regt
I saw my cusan and some of the oter olmsed boy
they are all well as usel
6 weather pleasant but rather cold to day
I rote A letter to my wife and sent her 5 dolars to
day
7 wether prety cold today
nothen going on to day of eny A count
no male for me to day
8 weather Stormy and bad to day
I am on gard to day
no male for me to day
9 weather Stormy and cold to day
I rote A letter to my wife to day and sent her 10
dolars more
no male for me to day
10 weather Stormy and cold to day
we drawed rations to day
I am on gard to day
no male for me today
11 weather pleasant but rother cold to day
I got A letter from home to day
12 weather pleasent but rother cold to day
I got A letter from my moher to day
I was on gard to day
13 weather pleasant to day
I have ben laing round Camp to day
I rote to my wife to day
14 Mudy and nasty to day
I was on gard to day
no male for me to day
15 weather pleasant but rother mudy to day
there has ben heavy fiten to day but I dont
think we have lost eny ground
no male for me to day
16 weather weet and rany to day
we started after old hoods army this after noon
we went 5 miles and went in to Camp
17 weet andnasty today
we crost over onto the franklin pike this morning
we went 9 miles an went in camp
I was on gard to day
18 weather rother damp this morning
teams are ready to pool out when we get orders
we started at 9 oclock went 5 miles got in Camp 7
oclock this evening
19 Raning like hell this morning
we rested our teams to day
no male for me to day
20 weather pleasant but rather cold today
we marched 12 miles to day
we stopt on mile from duck river
it snows prety hard to night
21 weather cold and Stormy this morning
I am on gard to day
we ant going to march to day
we are laing up for beter weather
no male for me
22 weather cold and hard on solgers to day
we started at 9 oclock this morning
we march 5 and went in to camp
I got A letter from my wife today
23 weather pleasant to day
I was on detale to go foregen to day
I got lots of freash meet and huney
I got back to camp at 5 oclock this evening
24 weather warm and pleasant to day
we poold up camp went 4 miles from Columbia and went
in to Camp
25 weather weet and raney to day
we marched 5 miles and went in to Camp
I am on gard to day
no male for me to day
26 weather weet and raney this morning
we poold up Camp and marched to A small town cold
pulaski
27 weather warm and pleasant to day
I went and got A niger women to dew out my washing
goodnews from Sherman tonight
28 weather pleasant this forenoon but rand this after
noon
I rote too letters to day
I got my Shews fixt to day
29 weather warm and pleasant to day
my pardner came in to night
he has ben back to Clumbia with prisners
I had A ride on the ban car to day
30 weather pleasant this fore noon but rand this
after noon
I was on detale to day
no male for me to day
31 weather pleasant but rother cold to day
I was on detale to get some wood to day
no male for me
This is the last of the Diary. Penciled on the very last inside page is the following message by someone (possibly his wife, Susannah Warner Hackett):
I recieved this book March the 8th 1865
Sarah Hackett died March the 6th 1865
Inside the back of the Diary is a pocket containing a long flat braid or lock of brown hair that has just a touch of gold in it. This hair was Susannah's and it was probably there before the Diary was written and all through the journey.
Also folded inside the Diary are two loose papers. The first is a summary of financial accounting between Robert Redfern and LaFrancis Hackett (Redfern was married to LaFrancis' sister, Mary). The letter is not in LaFrancis' handwriting. There is no date but it indicates that it happened when LaFrancis moved to Michigan which was in 1870. The account is of little interest unless one likes to know that oats were valued at 40 cents per bushel, corn 30 cents per bushel, wheat $1.00 per bushel, butter 25 cents per pound, pork 16 cents per pound, beef 6 cents per pound, and a man's day's work was worth $1.25.
The second paper is a letter dated April 1, 1890 from Joel Seaton, part of the 5th Ohio Sharpshooters, written to LaFrancis concerning his application for a disability pension.
LaFrancis Hackett
about 1890.
50th Wedding Anniversary of
LaFrancis and Susannah Hackett
12 April 1910 (click on pic for larger
size)
webmaster in the
arms of her great
grandfather, Sam Hackett,
son of LaFrancis Hackett.
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