August 12th, 1865, Saturday

May came home yesterday noon on the Kenosha R.R. I am glad she has come. The Richmond cars have not been in since Wednesday. The rain that day washed the embankment away. They are going to try to come in tonight. May would have got home Wednesday night if the cars had come in. As …

October 14th, 1864, Friday

We finished husking our corn this forenoon. Mother, Sophronia, and I have helped some. Mother has gone over to Mrs. Calef’s this afternoon. Yesterday afternoon Sophronia and I went down to Aunt Gale’s. Martha and May Frothingham, John Unger, Will Howe, Sarah and John Weeks were there. John Unger went to Rockford last night. We …

August 22nd, 1864, Monday

Mrs. Frothingham and May have been up here all the afternoon. Romance Evans is not going off until Wednesday. I believe the Frothingham girls and Em and Esther Hamilton are going to Rockford Saturday.

June 30th, 1864, Thursday

Tuesday afternoon Sophronia and I went over to Greens’s. I staid till yesterday afternoon, had a good social time. Sunday night Eugene Swan came here, he has asked me to go with him somewhere 4th of July. He called here last night and said if there was an excursion to Rockford or Chicago he should …

May 21st, 1864, Saturday

Anna Swan and Hattie Taylor came here Monday and interrupted my writing, they staid till after supper, then Eugene Swan came over and took them up to the depot, they went to Rockford, will be gone two weeks. Father is all done planting, finished Thursday. He had Henry Birget and his children here to help …

October 3rd, 1863, Saturday

Emma Calef died Tuesday night. She was buried Wednesday afternoon. I went over and went down to the grave. Mrs. Lawson went into a trance and called up one or two spirits. I heard Mrs. Covill was sick with Diphtheria. Yesterday I went down to Chicago with Eugene Swan on the excursion train. Quite a …

September 28th, 1863, Monday

Yesterday I went down to Mr. Swan’s (in Ringwood) with Eugene S., Achsah Chandler and Joe Cooley. Had a nice time, did not get home till late in the evening. While I was gone Aunt Eliza and Uncle Jesse, also Ed, John and Sophronia Gale and Charlie Frothingham, Adeline Van Knocker called. She bled at …

September 11th, 1863 ~ Friday

We had a heavy thunder shower about four this morning. Our folks are down to Uncle Jesse’s a thrashing. Mother went down to help Aunt Eliza. May and Martha F., Sophronia and I went up to Duncans’s yesterday. Had a nice time. One year ago yesterday we all went to the excursion to Rockford to …

Woodstock ~ October 13th, 1862 ~ Monday

Sophronia and John Frothingham and Gale’s folks have been here today. We expected the 95th Regiment to pass through town on their way to Dixie, but they did not go. There was a great crowd in town (Chase had no school). The 95th are going to stay at Rockford a while longer. I had a …

Woodstock ~ September 12, 1862 ~ Friday

Mother brought me up here this forenoon. I intended to come yesterday, but it rained so hard. I am not going to school this afternoon so I will employ my time in writing. Tuesday Sophronia and Porter Herrick came up here and I went home with them. Wednesday 10th. We all went to an excursion …