1862 May 9 Pearisburg, Va.

[from the diary of James Dismore Templeton, musician and private in the 23rd Ohio]
Thursday, May 8, 1862

Had breakfast at
the Hotel Played for
Guard mounting.Tom the cook came in
this forenoon foxed
up to cook We fired[?]
the Court House: Had
dinner at a private
house with Critchfield
Called to see Mrs
Jenstron at whose
husbands office we
 now stop
Played on the Piaza
this evening. Boys
on a drunk yesterday
acted badly
Several Secesh about
here.  Reconnaissance
made this day.  Enemy
about 12 miles off  Clear

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