Saturday, May 5, 2012

1862 May 6

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

 May 6th beautiful morning cool

air blowing.  Packed up every thing & started
off by 9 ½ o’clock.  (Tanner went to Rich –d
with surplus baggage.)  Col Marshalls Regt.
in advance, our battery next.  Roads in
tolerable good order, marched 10 miles
today stopped one mile beyond Massaponax
Church.  Placed our battery in position on
a hill overlooking the country (fields) for
several miles around, in direction of
Spotsylvania C. H.  Plan of Camp on 2nd
page back marked “2nd”.  Wagons did not
come up till nearly 8 o’c PM altho we arrived at
4 ½ o’c P.M.  Had nothing to eat from 6 o’c in
morning till 9 ½ o’c at night.  Slept very
soundly that night – after eating fat
bacon & tough bread for supper.


[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 6150





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