1862 May 25

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


 May 25^th  we were only

1 ½ miles from camp.  We built fires on

the road side and waited until 6 o’c or 2

hours – Took up our line of march then

and kept it up till 9 o’c P. M.  On the

march, a horse from one of the Cavalry

ran away, knocking down one of our

men, injuring him so severely that we

had to leave him at a house on the way,

he died next day.  Two of our noncommiss-

-ioned officers, one corp-l & one serg-t de-

-serted this morning on acc. of being pun-

-ished for a fault.  Halted for the night

at a field on the roadside near a Mill-

-pond, having marched that day about

13 miles.  The troops all bivouacked  no

tents being pitched.  Having been in the sad-

-dle for a day & a night, was very tired and

slept very soundly. 


[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]


MSS 6150