Document <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-model href="http://www.tei-c.org/release/xml/tei/custom/schema/relaxng/tei_all.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BucknellDSC/jmlinn/refs/heads/main/linn.css"?><TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"> <teiHeader> <fileDesc> <titleStmt> <title>James Merrill Linn Diary: 1861-1862</title> <author>James Merrill Linn</author> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Diane K. Jakacki</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University </orgName> </name> <resp>Professor, Lead Investigator</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Junior Alejandro</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Matteo Antenucci</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>NinaArsov</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Caroline Colucci</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Drew Fisher</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Olivia Garcia</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Harvey Harvison</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Reilly Hope</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Matti Kruger</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Selena Liu</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Gayda Makki</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Ben Maya</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Calvin McGuire</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Natalie Monroe</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Luke Nowicki</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Ori Raz</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Grayson Renkert</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Amadou Samb</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Ben Samuels</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Rose Schmidt</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> <respStmt> <name> <persName>Nyah von Haam</persName> <orgName>Bucknell University</orgName> </name> <resp>Encoding editor</resp> </respStmt> </titleStmt> <publicationStmt> <authority>Bucknell University</authority> <address> <settlement>Lewisburg</settlement> <region>Pennsylvania</region> <country>USA</country> </address> <availability> <licence target="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"> Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International </licence> </availability> </publicationStmt> <sourceDesc> <bibl> <sponsor>Bucknell University Special Collections and University Archives</sponsor> </bibl> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> <xenoData><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:as="http://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#" xmlns:cwrc="http://sparql.cwrc.ca/ontologies/cwrc#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:geo="http://www.geonames.org/ontology#" xmlns:oa="http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#" xmlns:schema="http://schema.org/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" xmlns:fabio="https://purl.org/spar/fabio#" xmlns:bf="http://www.openlinksw.com/schemas/bif#" xmlns:cito="https://sparontologies.github.io/cito/current/cito.html#" xmlns:org="http://www.w3.org/ns/org#"/></xenoData></teiHeader> <text> <body> <div type="entry"> <pb facs="https://leaf.bucknell.edu/sites/default/files/2026-01/diary31.jpg"/> <dateline>Thursday 30.</dateline> <p>There came on <name type="Weather">a pretty severe blow during the forenoon</name>, the <name type="Weather">wind blowing one way</name> and <name type="Weather">the tide coming counter</name>, which made a <name type="Weather">rough sea</name>. The <name type="Weather">waves were white-capped</name>, and the number of <objectName>sea-gulls</objectName> attracted by the floating waifs of food, together with the lowering sky, made it <name type="Weather">a beautiful storm scene</name>.We are all still crowded on board — something over a thousand souls. <placeName>The ship</placeName> is badly ventilated, dirty, hardly standing room, and it stinks like a <placeName>pig-pen</placeName>. It makes me more and more uneasy every day.<orgName>A schooner</orgName> came alongside with <objectName>water</objectName> this evening. If the <orgName>Scout</orgName> would make his appearance.I had a long <objectName>letter</objectName> with <persName>[Cleat?]</persName>, the <orgName>Tribune</orgName> reporter. The substance of the information is that there are but <persName>two regular officers</persName>, outside the <persName>three generals</persName>, among all the staff. Most of them are club men of <placeName>New York</placeName> — wealthy men, civilians — who don’t understand anything of <objectName>military detail</objectName>, are not accustomed to any self-reliant exertion, and this accounts for the inefficient management, or rather execution, of things.Besides that, the <objectName>tugs</objectName> did not arrive until today. We are to go to <placeName>Roanoke</placeName>. The battle will be fought principally by <objectName>gunboats</objectName>. We are to be landed, the <orgName>expedition</orgName> reorganized, and <objectName>boats</objectName> reassigned.The <orgName>New Brunswick</orgName> makes her appearance across the swash, and the arrival of the <objectName>tugs</objectName> gives us new hope of sailing soon. The chase yesterday turned out to be a <objectName>steamer</objectName>, schooner-rigged. They were not able to overtake her.</p> </div> </body> </text> </TEI>