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[[War Diaries (nonfiction)|War Diary]] quotations for [[October 4]]
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Our wood chopper, Henry Howe, being a runaway soldier, four soldiers came to seize him on the ground where he was chopping, and carried him off.
Tuesday. The dreaded draft is being made on the men of our Township. Some of the Catholic young men of the Congregation are drafted, among whom is Tom Butler, a young man in our service, and son of the hostess of Visitors’ Home. Parents are in distress to see their sons carried off by force to the butchery of battle field.
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In the Sisters of Providence Archives there is a bound transcription of the diary of General Superior Mother [[Mary Cecilia Bailly (nonfiction)|Mary Cecilia Bailly]]. She served as general superior after the death of Mother Theodore Guerin in 1856 until 1868, covering the turbulent years of the Civil War, 1861-1865. The diary consists of entries about the day-to-day activities of Mother Mary Cecilia, the Congregation and local and national happenings. Some entries are very short — one sentence — while others are more detailed.
* [https://spsmw.org/2012/05/09/civil-war-diary-entries/ Civil War diary entries] by Connie McCammon @ swsmw.org (May 9, 2012)


* [https://spsmw.org/2012/05/09/civil-war-diary-entries/ Civil War diary entries] by Connie McCammon @ swsmw.org (May 9, 2012)
TO_DO: confirm Tuesday; see [[War Diaries (October 5) (nonfiction)|October 5, 1854]] which reads Thursday.
 
—Mother [[Mary Cecilia Bailly (nonfiction)|Mary Cecilia Bailly]]


== In the News ==
== In the News ==

Latest revision as of 17:54, 24 May 2020

War Diary entries for October 4

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Diaries

Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly: October 4, 1864

Tuesday. The dreaded draft is being made on the men of our Township. Some of the Catholic young men of the Congregation are drafted, among whom is Tom Butler, a young man in our service, and son of the hostess of Visitors’ Home. Parents are in distress to see their sons carried off by force to the butchery of battle field.

TO_DO: confirm Tuesday; see October 5, 1854 which reads Thursday.

—Mother Mary Cecilia Bailly

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