1862 April 18 Camp Hayes, Raleigh, Va.

[from the diary of Charles Hay, Co. H, 23rd Ohio]


                                       Raleigh, April. 18th, 1862.
     The Reg’t, being supplied with new
tents, will, today, move a mile from
town, preparatory to a further march
tomorrow.  This is done to give room
to Col. Scammon & Staff, and the 30th
Reg’t.  Col. Scammon, although Colonel of
the 23rd. Reg’t, by virtue of the seniority
of his commission, commands the 3rd.
Prov’l Brigade, consisting of the 23rd, 30th,
& 34th. Reg’ts, Gilmore’s Cav. & McMullin’s
Battery.  The 34th. Reg’t (Zouave) now occupy
Fayetteville.

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[the editor of this blog was disappointed to discover that neither of the two diaries from the 23rd Ohio blogged on this site mentioned the Seder held on the night of the 18th, by Jewish soldiers in the Regiment, with the encouragement of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes]