Both North & South were gathering large armies and preparing for war
the Banks & rich men throughout the whole contry were consecrating
there millions of Dollars to sustain the war. The Nation has persecuted
the Saints of God & made them consecrate there all & flee from place to
to place to save their lives and now it is there turn, the Lord has said
[FIGURE] He would vex the Nation and he will suredly do it. Civil war has
begun in Earnest & it will go on untill the will of God is done all they have
sought to bring upon us will come to pass upon them.
~ Thursday
2 The Deserett News Extra came out this morning containing the poney
Express of last Evening I spent most of the day in the office I called
upon President Young He gave me an invitation to take a trip south
with him [FIGURE] I received a Letter from Capt Gibson containing some
scraps upon Brigham Young in Calafornia papers. He also wrote a
long letter to President Young which President Young gave me to read
in the evening
~ Friday
3 I tied up my grape vines this morning my Apple & Peach orchard
are all in Bloom the frost has killed all my Apricott fruit this
season & I think some of the peaches. I spent a part of the day in
the office
~ Saturday
4 I spent the forenoon in the Endowment House giving Endowments I was
quite unwell I spent the afternoon at [blank] The Pony Dispatch arived at 7 oclk
containing the News of the gathering of Armies North & South
8 I went onto the mountain above the Hot spring & visited my flock of
sheep and altered 30 Buck lambs most of which are Merino. I then
went down to the Jerdon to find a place to wash my sheep, & visited
my grass lot
Both North & South were gathering large armies and preparing for war
the Banks & rich men throughout the whole contry were consecrating
there millions of Dollars to sustain the war. The Nation has persecuted
the Saints of God & made them consecrate there all & flee from place to
to place to save their lives and now it is there turn, the Lord has said
[FIGURE] He would vex the Nation and he will suredly do it. Civil war has
begun in Earnest & it will go on untill the will of God is done all they have
sought to bring upon us will come to pass upon them.
~ Thursday
2 The Deserett News Extra came out this morning containing the poney
Express of last Evening I spent most of the day in the office I called
upon President Young He gave me an invitation to take a trip south
with him [FIGURE] I received a Letter from Capt Gibson containing some
scraps upon Brigham Young in Calafornia papers. He also wrote a
long letter to President Young which President Young gave me to read
in the evening
~ Friday
3 I tied up my grape vines this morning my Apple & Peach orchard
are all in Bloom the frost has killed all my Apricott fruit this
season & I think some of the peaches. I spent a part of the day in
the office
~ Saturday
4 I spent the forenoon in the Endowment House giving Endowments I was
quite unwell I spent the afternoon at [blank] The Pony Dispatch arived at 7 oclk
containing the News of the gathering of Armies North & South
8 I went onto the mountain above the Hot spring & visited my flock of
sheep and altered 30 Buck lambs most of which are Merino. I then
went down to the Jerdon to find a place to wash my sheep, & visited
my grass lot
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," May 1, 1861 - May 8, 1861, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/vg05