Letters and diary entries from the corresponding day in the Civil War posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
1862 April 15 near Yorktown
[from the diary of Captain Jonathan B. Hager of the 14th U. S. Regulars, as copied at a later date from the original]
April 15 Continuous & heavy firing to day. Orders were
received to be in readiness to march at a mo-
ments notice. The order to march did not come.
The siege was very protracted. the horrible con-
dition of the roads made the transportation of
the heavy siege guns almost impracticable--
MSS 9044
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