Tuesday, May 29, 2012

1862 May 30


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

 May 30th  Tom, B &
Ellis M – went in town this morning &
intend letting me go this evening.  The Gov
Col . Morton, Col Marshall, & Col.s [sic]
took made us a visit this morning

[in another handwriting is written:]
    “Be sure to keep up
writing.  Have amused my
self this morning, reading
this.  Do not believe they
will be so cruel as to
send you way off from
me to Jackson.”

   In accordance with the above
order I append the following.


[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

[Diary will not resume until July 30]

MSS 6150

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