1862 February 4 on packet to Gallipolis

[from the diary of Charles Hay of the 23rd Ohio returning from furlough]


                 
                                       Steamer “Sally List,” Feb. 4th. 1862.
  Last night the “Sally List’” arrived at Wheeling.
She is a regular packet, plying between Wheeling
and Cincinnati.  I engaged passage on her for
Gallipolis.  At 5 this evening she left the wharf,
and I confess I was not regretful, but experienced
a thrill of joy at bidding “good-by” to Wheeling.
The shades of night are gathering around us,
depriving us of view of the country and scenery;
but I shall retire to the cabin, there to meditate,
and, in the meantime to replenish the “inner
man with the viands now in course of preparation,
the odor of which produces a sensation quite agreeable.
Good night, for I’m going to bed

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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