Wednesday, 4th Pleasant. I took a lesson in the sword exercise this morning, then attended school at Gen. Paine's. In the afternoon I was introduced to Mr. Jessie K. Dubois, auditor of the state of Ills. Having received a letter from home, I learned that my mother is nigh unto death. I therefore wrote this evening a farewell letter to her, bidding her a final adieu. I find it a hard task and gives me much pain.
List of letters rece by Capt L. Webb 1861 x 1862
Dec 4 – Edwin Webb, Monroeville, Ohio, sent 26th
Dec 4 – Evaline Webb, Roscoe, Minn, sent 25th
List of letters written by Capt L. Webb 1861 1862
Dec 4 – Edwin Webb, Monroevile, Ohio
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
3 December 1861
Tuesday, 3d Pleasant. E.I.R.B. Neh. 9-11 1st Peter 1-2. Nothing of importance to day. I went and took another lesson in the sword exercise in the evening.
[orders and circulars Loren would, or should, have seen concurrent with his dairy entries...]
Special Order No 30, Head Quarters Dept of the Missouri, St. Louis, Dec 3rd, 1861
A General Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Paducah, Ky on Monday, the 9th Day of December 1861 at 10 o'clock A.M. or as soon thereafter as practicable for the trial of Capt. A. B. Lee, 41st Ill. Vols. Capt J. D. Voerster Company Sappers and Miners and Pontonniers, 1st Lieut A. S. Thimrick of Buell's Battery, 1st Lieut. B. T. Woller, 28th Ind. Vols. Lieut Daniel Tsotter 23rd Ind Vols. Lieut W. G. Ingram 40th Ill. Vols. 2nd Lieut. R. A. King 11th Ind. Vols. 2nd Lieut. R. Warmick 41st Ill. Vols. And such enlisted men as may be brought before it.
Detailed for the Court.
1. Col. Morgan L. Smith, 8th Mo. Vols.
2. Lt. Colonel D. C. Anthony, 23rd Ind. Vols.
3. Major J. J. Phillips, 9th Ills. Vols.
4. Captain Wm. Hill, 9th Mo. Vols.
5. Captain Loren Webb, 9th Ill. Vols.
6. Capt. E. M. Lowe, 9th Ill. Vols.
7. Captain W. Campbell, 12th Ill. Vols
8. Captain D. P. Brown, 41st Ill. Vols.
9. Captain E. T. Wallace, 11th Ind. Vols.
1st Lieut. Chas. M. Willard, Chicago Light Artillery, Judge Advocate
No other officers than those named can be assembled without manifest injury to the service. The Court will sit without regard to hours.
By order of Major General Halleck
[orders and circulars Loren would, or should, have seen concurrent with his dairy entries...]
Special Order No 30, Head Quarters Dept of the Missouri, St. Louis, Dec 3rd, 1861
A General Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Paducah, Ky on Monday, the 9th Day of December 1861 at 10 o'clock A.M. or as soon thereafter as practicable for the trial of Capt. A. B. Lee, 41st Ill. Vols. Capt J. D. Voerster Company Sappers and Miners and Pontonniers, 1st Lieut A. S. Thimrick of Buell's Battery, 1st Lieut. B. T. Woller, 28th Ind. Vols. Lieut Daniel Tsotter 23rd Ind Vols. Lieut W. G. Ingram 40th Ill. Vols. 2nd Lieut. R. A. King 11th Ind. Vols. 2nd Lieut. R. Warmick 41st Ill. Vols. And such enlisted men as may be brought before it.
Detailed for the Court.
1. Col. Morgan L. Smith, 8th Mo. Vols.
2. Lt. Colonel D. C. Anthony, 23rd Ind. Vols.
3. Major J. J. Phillips, 9th Ills. Vols.
4. Captain Wm. Hill, 9th Mo. Vols.
5. Captain Loren Webb, 9th Ill. Vols.
6. Capt. E. M. Lowe, 9th Ill. Vols.
7. Captain W. Campbell, 12th Ill. Vols
8. Captain D. P. Brown, 41st Ill. Vols.
9. Captain E. T. Wallace, 11th Ind. Vols.
1st Lieut. Chas. M. Willard, Chicago Light Artillery, Judge Advocate
No other officers than those named can be assembled without manifest injury to the service. The Court will sit without regard to hours.
By order of Major General Halleck
2 December 1861
Monday, 2nd Pleasant. E.I.R.B. James 3-4-5. Pleasant and cold till 10 A.M., then snowed. I attended school at Gen. Paine's, then went to town. Saw a review there. Went to the shoe makers, had my measure taken. At night we had the promotion supper, oysters and wine. Several got drunk. Toasts were offered and all was life.
Dec 2 borrowed of L. N. W. Hadley 1.50
Thursday, December 1, 2011
1 December 1861
December, Sunday, 1st 1861 Pleasant. E.I.R.B. Neh. 7-8 Hebr. 13 James 1-2. This morning we had dress parade, then co. inspection. I then received a note from Prof. Hibben, Chapln. of the Ind. 11th, to go and preach in the Presbyterian church. I went, found the house crowded, and for the first time since the 9th day of June last, I preached. My text was the 3d vrs. of the 6th chp. of Neh. I returned to my qrts. and spent the day in reading.
[Loren was a Methodist Lay-preacher...]
Neh.6
[3] And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
30 November 1861
November, Saturday, 30th 1861 Pleasant but very muddy. E.I.R.B. Neh. 5-6 Hebr. 11-12. This morning we had regimental inspection. I then went down in town. Was introduced to Mrs. & Miss McCleary, mother and sister of Lieut. McCleary. I spent the evening at Lieut. Britt's residence.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
29 November 1861
Friday, 29th Stormy. E.I.R.B. Neh. 4 Hebr. 9, 10th. To day I buried another man by the name of Norton in the rain. In the eve turned cold and snowed 2 inches deep, the first of the season here.
[orders and circulars Loren would, or should, have seen concurrent with his diary entries...]
General Order No 29, Head Quar 9th Regt Ill Vol, Cap Paine, Paducah, Ky, Nov 29th, 1861
E. H. Burgess is hereby appointed acting Wagon Master of the 9th Regt Ill Vol and will be respected & obeyed as such.
By order of Lt Col Aug Mersy, Comd
Head Quarters 9th Regiment I V Paducah, Ky Nov 29th, 1861
To carry into effect Paragraph 1 of General Order No 3 dated Head Quarters Department of the Missouri and special order No 127 of the Commander of US Forces at Paducah, Ky and Brigade Order No 21 of this commander of 1st Brigade the officers of outposts and pickets are hereby instructed to arrest every person, runaway Slave and send him to the Provost Marshall. The commanders of companies are hereafter forbidden to take runaway slaves or unknown persons inside the camp lines either as cooks or servants.
Aug Mersy, Col Comdg 9th Regt I V
Head Quarters 9th Regiment Ills Vols Paducah, Ky Nov 29th 1861
General Orders No 31 } In obedience to Brigade order No 22 of 25th inst the regiment will turn out with full equipments for monthly inspection. Mustering tomorrow morning the 30th inst at 9 o'clock. The morning the 30th inst at 9 ½ o'clock. The regiment will be formed on the regimental parade ground opposite the R. R. Depot ready for inspection at 10 o'clock.
Aug Mersy, Col. Comdg 9th Reg I V
Brigade Order No 22, Head Quarters 1st Brig. US Forces, Paducah, Ky, Nov 29th, 1861
The monthly inspection of the troops will take place tomorrow under the direction of the respective Regimental and Corps Commanders.
By order of Brig Gen E. A. Paine
[orders and circulars Loren would, or should, have seen concurrent with his diary entries...]
General Order No 29, Head Quar 9th Regt Ill Vol, Cap Paine, Paducah, Ky, Nov 29th, 1861
E. H. Burgess is hereby appointed acting Wagon Master of the 9th Regt Ill Vol and will be respected & obeyed as such.
By order of Lt Col Aug Mersy, Comd
Head Quarters 9th Regiment I V Paducah, Ky Nov 29th, 1861
To carry into effect Paragraph 1 of General Order No 3 dated Head Quarters Department of the Missouri and special order No 127 of the Commander of US Forces at Paducah, Ky and Brigade Order No 21 of this commander of 1st Brigade the officers of outposts and pickets are hereby instructed to arrest every person, runaway Slave and send him to the Provost Marshall. The commanders of companies are hereafter forbidden to take runaway slaves or unknown persons inside the camp lines either as cooks or servants.
Aug Mersy, Col Comdg 9th Regt I V
Head Quarters 9th Regiment Ills Vols Paducah, Ky Nov 29th 1861
General Orders No 31 } In obedience to Brigade order No 22 of 25th inst the regiment will turn out with full equipments for monthly inspection. Mustering tomorrow morning the 30th inst at 9 o'clock. The morning the 30th inst at 9 ½ o'clock. The regiment will be formed on the regimental parade ground opposite the R. R. Depot ready for inspection at 10 o'clock.
Aug Mersy, Col. Comdg 9th Reg I V
Brigade Order No 22, Head Quarters 1st Brig. US Forces, Paducah, Ky, Nov 29th, 1861
The monthly inspection of the troops will take place tomorrow under the direction of the respective Regimental and Corps Commanders.
By order of Brig Gen E. A. Paine
Monday, November 28, 2011
28 November 1861
Thursday, 28th Cloudy and a little rain. This morning I am detailed as officer of the day; nothing of importance occurring. I am invited to an oyster supper this eve. I attended, had a very pleasant time. Was introduced to Gen. Lew Wallace to day.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
27 November 1861
Wednesday, 27th Pleasant. E.I.R.B. Neh. 3d Hebr. 8. This morn we had dress parade, then attended school at Gen. Paine's Head qrts., after which we went down in town. In the afternoon we were marched out in battalion to the woods, there we had skirmish drill. We then marched some distance putting out skirmishers and flankers. In the eve all my new comd. met at my tent and we had an oyster supper, drank toasts, &c.
[orders and circulars Loren would, or should, have seen concurrent with his diary entries...]
General Order No 36, Head Quarters US Forces, Paducah, Ky, Nov 27th, 1861
On the afternoon of the 25th inst a grave breach of discipline was committed, chiefly if not altogether, by the officers and men of the 11th Indiana Regiment in raising of our flag over the house of a resident of this city, not, certainly by the act of raising of our flag, but by the manner of proceeding.
The commanding General desires to address those engaged in the proceeding in a kindly spirit. He is aware they have subjected themselves to prosecution under the articles of war, He is compelled to denounce the transaction as a grave violation of good order and Military discipline, but he is inclined to the belief that those engaged in it will, upon reflection, come to regard it in that light themselves. Had it been possible for him to have anticipated its occurrence it would have been his duty, by all means at his command, and at every hazard, to have prevented it. The affair is more mortifying to him, from the fact that in a long military life, it is the first proceeding of a mutinous character that ever happened with troops under his immediate command, that if his his feelings were wounded by the transaction, as he admits they were, he is confident, sensible and intelligent and generous (in?) such as he believes composes the command he more especially addressees, will mark due allowance for the pride and sensibilities, of an officer who has given nearly thirty-seven years of life to the service of his country in the Army.
Though the occurrence may subject him to criticism by those placed over him in authority he is disposed to let it drop without investigation, less however, for his own sake than that of the persons engaged in it. So disposed on his side, he trusts they will listen patiently to his remonstrations against like occurrences in the future.
In this spirit, he appeals, then, to the intelligence of officers and soldiers. Although Kentucky is full of Traitors, he Legislature left her one of the States of the Union and our forces on her soil are charged with the high mission of protecting her people and Sovereignty. More plainly, he desires every soldier without regard to his position, to know that he is sent here by the Government as the protector of a loyal state, which though occupied by rebel armies is not a Rebel country, and that success requires him, by the patient exercise of moderation, obedience and charity to earn that character from both friends and foes. We charge the Rebels with oppressions : is it policy to subject ourselves, our flag, or our course to like charges? Our boast is that we are fighting for a Government that never harmed a citizen. Whose thanks we will earn if we are the first to rob ourselves of that boast?
The General has derived great satisfaction from the soldierly deportment of those he most particularly addresses;and it is hardly enough to say that it grieved him to see them manifest the slightest spirit of disorder. All his hopes for the triumph of our flag and its re-erection in all the rebellious states, are based upon the discipline of the army; and he feels every blow to that discipline is a blow at the common cause.
Upon the restoration of peace, each soldier will go back to the civil pursuits from which he came. How important that he should do so without reproach or shame. Property, Liberty, Government - everything precious - has been committed to the Army : when the Army supplants the commander, or turns from the path of order, or busts the bands of discipline it makes a thing or terror and sin
Enthusiasm for the flag is a spirit to be encouraged; the General would do everything in his power to raise it to the highest pitch yet he calmly asks each soldier to watch its fiery impulses, l3est, whilst fitting him for boldness in battle, they do not plunge him into excess.
In conclusion, the General asks the soldiers of his command by their conduct in future, their gentleness to friends, and their moderation towards unarmed enemies, living under the shadows of our flag, to give him reason to believe they admit the necessity of order am are willing to enforce it. If they will only exercise their intelligence, and not forget the observance of law which so becomes them as citizens will more than become them a soldiers, no complaint will ever be heard against them from any source.
By order of Brig Genl C. F. Smith
[orders and circulars Loren would, or should, have seen concurrent with his diary entries...]
General Order No 36, Head Quarters US Forces, Paducah, Ky, Nov 27th, 1861
On the afternoon of the 25th inst a grave breach of discipline was committed, chiefly if not altogether, by the officers and men of the 11th Indiana Regiment in raising of our flag over the house of a resident of this city, not, certainly by the act of raising of our flag, but by the manner of proceeding.
The commanding General desires to address those engaged in the proceeding in a kindly spirit. He is aware they have subjected themselves to prosecution under the articles of war, He is compelled to denounce the transaction as a grave violation of good order and Military discipline, but he is inclined to the belief that those engaged in it will, upon reflection, come to regard it in that light themselves. Had it been possible for him to have anticipated its occurrence it would have been his duty, by all means at his command, and at every hazard, to have prevented it. The affair is more mortifying to him, from the fact that in a long military life, it is the first proceeding of a mutinous character that ever happened with troops under his immediate command, that if his his feelings were wounded by the transaction, as he admits they were, he is confident, sensible and intelligent and generous (in?) such as he believes composes the command he more especially addressees, will mark due allowance for the pride and sensibilities, of an officer who has given nearly thirty-seven years of life to the service of his country in the Army.
Though the occurrence may subject him to criticism by those placed over him in authority he is disposed to let it drop without investigation, less however, for his own sake than that of the persons engaged in it. So disposed on his side, he trusts they will listen patiently to his remonstrations against like occurrences in the future.
In this spirit, he appeals, then, to the intelligence of officers and soldiers. Although Kentucky is full of Traitors, he Legislature left her one of the States of the Union and our forces on her soil are charged with the high mission of protecting her people and Sovereignty. More plainly, he desires every soldier without regard to his position, to know that he is sent here by the Government as the protector of a loyal state, which though occupied by rebel armies is not a Rebel country, and that success requires him, by the patient exercise of moderation, obedience and charity to earn that character from both friends and foes. We charge the Rebels with oppressions : is it policy to subject ourselves, our flag, or our course to like charges? Our boast is that we are fighting for a Government that never harmed a citizen. Whose thanks we will earn if we are the first to rob ourselves of that boast?
The General has derived great satisfaction from the soldierly deportment of those he most particularly addresses;and it is hardly enough to say that it grieved him to see them manifest the slightest spirit of disorder. All his hopes for the triumph of our flag and its re-erection in all the rebellious states, are based upon the discipline of the army; and he feels every blow to that discipline is a blow at the common cause.
Upon the restoration of peace, each soldier will go back to the civil pursuits from which he came. How important that he should do so without reproach or shame. Property, Liberty, Government - everything precious - has been committed to the Army : when the Army supplants the commander, or turns from the path of order, or busts the bands of discipline it makes a thing or terror and sin
Enthusiasm for the flag is a spirit to be encouraged; the General would do everything in his power to raise it to the highest pitch yet he calmly asks each soldier to watch its fiery impulses, l3est, whilst fitting him for boldness in battle, they do not plunge him into excess.
In conclusion, the General asks the soldiers of his command by their conduct in future, their gentleness to friends, and their moderation towards unarmed enemies, living under the shadows of our flag, to give him reason to believe they admit the necessity of order am are willing to enforce it. If they will only exercise their intelligence, and not forget the observance of law which so becomes them as citizens will more than become them a soldiers, no complaint will ever be heard against them from any source.
By order of Brig Genl C. F. Smith
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