1861 December 26

[from the diary of James Dinsmore Templeton, private and musician in the 23rd Ohio]

Played as usual
Saw some Tents with
Stoves in them this
monorning. Joe Crotty came in
attended a funeral of
an member of the 11 reg
who died from wounds got
at Cotton Hill partly Clear

Joseph Crotty, another of the musicians in the 23rd, apparently had been home on furlough

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