1861
4/12/1861 - Battle commenced at Fort Sumter
4/13/1861 - Battle ended at Fort Sumter, South conquered, lost no life
4/23/1861 - Regiments 72 & 77th called together to get volunteers
4/24/1861 - Put up militia notices
4/27/1861 - 72 & 77 Regts called together to get volunteers
[I missed copying May 20-31, 1861]
5/11/1861 - Regimental Muster at Glade Ville
5/18/1861 - A portion of citizens of Castles Woods met at John Banner’s to form a home guard.
5/19/1861 - Started to Lebannon to the training - went as far as N. B. Gray's
5/21/1861 - Trained.
6/1/1861 - Met at J Banner's to organize a home guard
6/2/1861 - J F McElhenney's Co left Abingdon
6/6/1861 - Notified my company to attend at the Old C. H. with all the guns they have Reported that there are 5,000 N Troops at Louisburg Va
6/7/1861 - All day notifying the militia
6/8/1861 - Regiment called to the Old C. H. to raise volunteers. The Louisburg report not true
6/10/1861 - First battle between the North & South Bethel Church
6/12/1861 - Virginia Convention convened
6/14/1861 - Retd from Lebanon via of Dump's creek where there was an entire volunteer company formed & organized
6/15/1861 - First weekly muster at John Banners Col. Lee get 8 volunteers
6/22/1861 - Mustered at John Banners
6/29/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's
7/2/1861 - Went to Court Col John A. Campbel made a speach for Volunteers
7/11/1861 - Battle at Laurel Hill the Southerners routed
7/12/1861 - Capt Woolf's Company of Volunteers got to Temple Hill, where the Citizen's of Castles wood gave them a dinner
7/13/1861 - Wise Company left Temple mustered at John Banner's Dump's Creek Company got 15 volunteers there
7/16/1861 - J. J. D. & I returned from Abingdon by way of the Campground where Candler's Company had a dinner by the Citizens of Mocasin
7/19/1961 - Notified my company to attend at the Old Court house on tomorrow
7/20/1861 - Went to the Old Court house with the Castles wood Company
7/21/1861 - Battle at Manassis Junction the South whiped them
7/27/1861 - Mustered at J Banner's
7/31/1861 - Went to see the volunteers at Temple Hill
8/2/1861 - Went over to see the volunteers
8/3/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's
8/10/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's had no music
8/17/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's with music
8/21/1861 - Capt Jessee's Company started from Temple for Abingdon
8/23/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's Wheeler & Ramsey musitions
8/31/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's with music
9/6/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's had music
9/11/1861 - A. H. Bickley retD from the army
9/14/1861 - Mustered at John Banner's
9/25/1861 - Mesanger from fro M[...] of troops being at Louisa Ky
10/2/1861 - Weekly muster dispensed with
10/5/1861 - Went to Banner's to muster, but was non
11/6/1961 - The Presidental Election
11/22/1861 - Went over to Temple Hill to see Gen Marshall's gun wagons and the Ky Cavalry
12/2/1861 - The Va Legislature convened
12/10/1861 - Col More's Regt Campt at Lick Creek to night
12/14/1861 - Col More's Regt left Lick Creek
1862
1/1/1862 - Cannon pased here for Prestonburg Ky
1/4/1862 - J F Bickley came home from the Army
1/10/1862 - Battle at Middle Creek Ky Stanford L. Jessee killed
2/6/1862 - Cols Moore & Trig's Reg'ts got to Creek
2/7/1862 - Col trgs Regt crossed the river
2/8/1862 - Commensed feeding 15 Army cattle sent for Dr Gibson
2/13/1862 - Col Moore's Regt left the river
2/15/1862 - Col Moore's Regt went from mud fort to copper creek
2/20/1862 - Col Trigs & Mores Regts to start back to Ky
2/21/1862 - Prsonor's brought to A Nashes from Pound gap Regts turned back
2/23/1862 - Col Trigs Regt here to night Lieut Col Edmonson here
2/28/1862 - thirty of forty of Col Trigs Regt sick at Temple
3/6/1862 - I went to the old Court House where the officers of the 72nd Regt met to organize the militia A souldier died at Uncle John's
3/17/1862 - T. T. D. went to Lebanon all the officers called there returned at 7 o'clock in the night
3/18/1862 - The Malitia ordered to the Old Court House. t. T. went an returned
3/19/1862 - T. T. went back to the Court House with his Comp to enter service
3/21/1862 - The Malitia was mustered into the confederate service
4/8/1862 - The Militia dicharged at Lebanon also reorganized
5/3/1862 - Militia called out for Wednesday
5/8/1862 - The Militia discharged yesterday
5/31/1862 - 70 yankees came to Gladeville and burned 3 Houses & took some [...]
6/27/1862 - Commensed fighting at Richmond Va
6/29/1862 - Fighting at Richmond
7/21/1862 - The Militia called together to enrol the conscripts J J Dickenson C. C. J. Dickenson & H. J. Dickenson volunteered
8/1/1862 - Conscripts met at Lebanon
8/11/1862 - Capt Stoner's Co Retd from Ky Six of them here to night
8/12/1862 - Col Galespi's Regt. fom Tenn got to J Bickleys
8/13/1862 - Capt Baldwins company come to C's Woods
8/15/1862 - Cat Stoner Brought Horses here
8/18/1862 - Capt Stoner Came here from Abingdon
8/20/1862 - Capt Stoner & Jas Young started to Estleville
8/26/1862 - Col More's Regt came to C Woods
8/27/1862 - I went to Brigade & Bought some flour barrels
8/28/1862 - Col Stoner sold his horses
8/29/1862 - Edward Guerrant came here
8/30/1862 - Samuel Crooks came over from Headquarters at Temple
8/31/1862 - Edward Guerrant Samuel Crooks, Put Ewing spent the day here
9/3/1862 - Ewing & Stoner Retd from Junction
9/5/1862 - Slemp's Battallion started for Ky. I went to see Gen. Marshal at Temple
9/6/1862 - Col Mores Regt started for Ky
9/7/1862 - Gen Marshall & staff left Temple for Ky
9/8/1862 - Lieut Sam Crooks paid his bill
10/6/1862 - I went to Col Gibson's & bough a gray horse from a Kentuckian
10/14/1862 - I got to the salt works and found that they had quit leting salt out under the Gove's Proclamation
10/18/1862 - J C Dickenson got home from the Army
10/27/1862 - Gen Marshells troops comeing back from Ky. The Georgia Battalion started to Temple
10/28/1862 - The Georgia Battalion msted[?] at Temple
10/31/1862 - Col Moore's Regt passed her & Col Slemps Battalion
11/1/1862 - E Guerrant came here Camerons Battalion came to C's Woods
11/2/1862 - E Guerrant left here for Abingdon
11/21/1862 - Went to Abingdon to see Gen Marshall
11/22/1862 - W. J. D. & I returned home by way of A Alderson's but got no money for the militia
12/21/1862 - Col Hawkin's Regt campled at Temple
12/22/1862 - Col Hawkins Regt left Temple for Abingdon
12/31/1862 - The war has now been going on for about two years and no hopes of a peace.
1863
1/30/1863 - T T went to conscripts meeting at Lebanon
2/16/1863 - 15 Negros ran off from this neighborhood last night. Dave among the balance
2/17/1863 - T. T. & Chas. went to hunt up the negroes.
2/18/1863 - The returned with all the Negroes.
3/18/1863 - Saml Crooks here for Dinner Gen Marshall going to Ky with his cavalry
4/24/1863 - Edward Guerrant & Mr Southall here
4/29/1863 - Col Edmonson's cavalry at [...]
5/10/1863 - Davidson's Batery at Bickleys
5/22/1863 - Army took 5'96' [...] bacon from me at 1$ per [...]
5/28/1863 - Giltners men took their horses from Father's. Election for govenor Representatives
5/29/1863 - I went over to the Regt
6/26/1863 - Conscript Board at Lebanon
9/12/1863 - The Court met at Lebanon decide whether this County would furnish her quota of slaves to the Confedrate Government They decided not to act in the matter and appointed D Carter to wait on the gov
9/21/1863 - Went to Lick Creek to Col Prentices Batt they sent & got 2 wagon loads of corn and fodder yankees reported to be at Abindgon
9/27/1863 - Some excitement about the yankees in Wise
9/29/1863 - Learned that there is no yankees in Wise
10/14/1863 - Fighting about Bristol between Gen Williams Con & Gen Hooker
11/3/1863 - I went to Lebanon to Court Gave in my taxable property to the Confederate States
11/8/1863 - Couch brought a horse that he has attached and left him
11/10/1863 - Lieut Mitchel and Rutherford came and took the horse Couch left here
11/17/1863 - Col Candler horses brought from Gladeville to my house and fed on my tithe of hay & corn
11/18/1863 - Col Candler horses left here Sold a Beef to the men Capt A W Smith Comdg
11/25/1863 - Cap Everet Started to Kentucky from this [...] with some troops
11/30/1863 - Went to see Couch & took him some summones J. J. D. Started back to his Regt
12/7/1863 - I went to Col Prentice
1864
1/2/1864 - Battle commensed at Jonesville Lee Co Va
1/3/1864 - Fight at Jonesville Confederates victorious
2/8/1864 - The justices met at Lebanon to apportion each slave holder his quote of slaves to be sent to Richmond
3/14/1864 - Court convened to apportion the slaves to work on Public works
3/23/1864 - Lieut Crooks here last night
4/15/1864 - Gen Jone's Brig passed up from Lee by the Old C H
4/20/1864 - Gen Hodges Brig returning from Ky
4/25/1864 - Col Prentice men got 53[...] Bacon
4/27/1864 - Col Prentice's men left Castles Woods
5/27/1864 - Gen Morgan's men geting to C's Wood for Ky
6/1/1864 - Col Mays Regt came here and camped and pastured my meadow
6/2/1864 - Col Mays men left here [...]
9/29/1864 - Gen William's Divs came to Castles Wood
9/31/1864 - The Army got 40 Bus corn from me Everetts Squad came here to my barn and fed much oats &
10/1/1864 - Much excitement about the yankees coming Some reports say they are at R. P. D's though in fact they started back this morning from Glade ville.
10/19/1864 - Eleven of Pete Everetts squad came here from Ky
10/20/1864 - Everett's squad left here
10/22/1864 - Nearly every person between the age of 17 and 50 are now ordered to Richmond
11/7/1864 - Some of the slave holders summonsed to Lebanon for the purpose of pressing 5 slaves from Russell
11/12/1864 - Reported that Nash's Wise [...] to Kentucky
11/15/1864 - William & I went W. C. Bickleys to fix his claim against the Confederate States
11/29/1864 - I went to Lebanon to the inspection of all permanently & temporarily exempt men
12/15/1864 - Report of the yankees coming to Abingdon from Ten
12/19/1864 - I went over to Lick Creek A. M. Lee [...] me to met the yankees
12/23/1864 - [...] 6 thousand yankees came to [...] Saltville
12/25/1864 - the last of the yankees got from [...] about [...] I & Chas went to where they camped P. M. [...] yankees stoped at Guests Station
1865
1/13/1865 - John C Dickenson went home The Negros hired out belonging [...]
2/8/1865 - I heard at Lebanon that all hopes of an armistice between the US & C. S. A. ever blasted
3/7/1865 - I went to Returned from court They were trying to get provisions subscribed to send to the Richmond army the yankees hav cut off communication [...] the S. W. Virginia
3/15/1865 - Confedrate Govt Commensed enlisting Negro troops
3/28/1865 - The court met at Lebanon to lay a levy for 15 [...] of [...] male slaves between the ages of 18 & 55 years, adjourned over to Saturdy next
4/1/1865 - The court convened at Lebanon to on the Negro question they adjourned over to the 26th inst and asked exemption for the County of the Gov
4/2/1865 - Peters Burg Evacuated by the Confederate troops
4/6/1865 - I & Father's Chas. went to R. P. Dickenson's Following some rogues who took my horse Davey and two from Father last night got more of the horses
4/11/1865 - Capt Halls squad got some corn & meal at Fathers
4/13/1865 - Capt Hall got 23 lls Bacon & gave me a Receipt
4/15/1865 - We got the first news of the surrender & Disbandment of the confederate troops in Virginia
4/19/1865 - Several Ky Confedrate commands passed through Castle's Wood and stopped about Lick Creek
4/20/1865 - All the Kys left this settlement this morning to go home to surrender to the Federals in Ky
5/13/1865 - I went to Lebanon to a peace meeting
5/28/1865 - The Federal recruiting officer came to this settlement from Lebanon geting all negroes
5/29/1965 - The negroe souldiers at Lick Creek
6/1/1865 - The negroes much excited about their freedom & some of them leaving home and highering themselves out
