Monday, March 19, 2012

1862 March 20 Raleigh, Virginia

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

Thursday, Mar. 20, 1862

Played for Guard Mounting
no parade have done
little today, Saw a
man from Blue Stone
he tells of a tragic affair
shooting his wife's
[?]
have written a letter
to Father
Rainy [?] showers

buried the wounded
cavalryman to day
he died yesterday

see Templeton's letter of this date to his father]

MSS 10317

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