Friday, May 18, 2012

1862 May 19



[from the diary of Lt. John Tyler of the Letcher Artillery]


May 19th  Married just one month to day.
Cloudy this morning & has rained a little.
A letter was brought over this morning
from Genl Andersons headQuarters, from
Jennie, which had been there from date,
three or four days Dated 14 th inst.  Conduc-
-ted N. C. O. drill at 11 o’c.  Had Battery
drill at 3 o’c.  Rained this evening.
Wrote Jennie.

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 6150

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