Tuesday, June 12, 2012

1862 June 13 before Richmond, Va.

[from the diary of Samuel Johnson of the 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Battery]


  June 13th

All very quiet to day,  we were in harness all
day expecting to move at every moment.
The balloon is up to day.  Quite warm and
pleasant.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 8493

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