ENMay 2, 1864 - May 11, 1864
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2 May 1864. Planted cotton, Irish potatoes,
watermelon, pumpkin, simbling seed, etc.
& broomcorn. Halling out manure
on lot. Collering new ground piney
Delvd Mr. Pringle pork & no. 4o [unclear]
Very severe wind here this evening
not much rain yet 4 o'clock
6 May 1864 Claiborne came home & Bill
last night - about dark 4th from working
on the breast works Richmd & Danville
finished halling out maure & coller
piny field new ground yesterday
This morning scattering manure
& fixing to plant susan cane seed
peas & corn on Sat.
12th. Hester had a mule mare colt
Forest Jack the 7th May 1864.
We sowed oats on creek yesterday
Hilling 2nd years ground. Rained
smartly this morning, ground too
wet to go on sowing —
11th. They have been fighting on the Rap-
idan & Fredg & all about Richmond for
for [sic] about 10 days & still at it. We
are hilling & collering new & fresh
ground, _ it has rained some nearly
every day since the began to fight
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6 May: could that be Richmd for "Richmond"? Civil War breastworks were temporary fortifications.
The word looks like "piny" but can't figure out what that means. I have seen it in previous pages.
piny field is surely a field of pine trees