Wednesday, August 17, 2011

1861 August 17

[from the diary of Wesley Hammond, Confederate soldier in the Dixie Greys (42nd Virginia, Co. E.)]

Usual drill – Read 6 Chapters
in bible and from page 140 to
162 Miltons Paradise Lost.
A good deal of grumbling in
camp to day about something
to eat. day very pretty.

MSS 5526

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