Thursday, May 10, 2012

1862 May 11 Richmond and West Point turnpike

[from the diary of Samuel Johnson of the 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Battery]



                             May 11th

This morning we received marching orders
and by 10. A. M were in motion.
Halted at one P. M. after a short march,
and encamped on the Richmond and
West Point turnpike. some thirty six miles
from the city.  Pleasant and very warm.

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 8493

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