Schoff Civil War Collections

Thomas Hall Journal

Contents listing




DateContents
November, 1862Fortress Monroe
Description of Newport News
Blacks
Hospital and nurses
Cheating a black
Whiskey
Military cemetery
Thanksgiving dinner
DecemberMechanical trouble on board ship
Sailing south
Deserter shot
Black woman
Christmas
Ship Island
Black/Creole peddlers
Year-end reminiscences
January, 1863Guarding civilian property in Louisiana
Dancing with blacks
Confiscation of rebel property
FebruarySerenade
7-year-old orphan
Deaths to illness
Arrest for intoxication
MarchBombardment of Port Hudson
Tug boat communications
AprilSkirmishing
Forage booty
Union sentiment at New Iberia, Louisiana
Lack of rations
MayCotton burned
Advance on Port Hudson
JuneSiege of Port Hudson
Foraging
Bayou fever
Prisoners
JulyVicksburg news arrives on the 6th
Port Hudson surrenders
Suicide
Zouave escapes from Port Hudson
AugustDescription of New Orleans



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