1862 June 14 Camp on Flat Top Mountain, Va.

[from the diary of James Dinsmore Templeton, musician and private in the 23rd Ohio]

Saturday, June 14, 1862

this morning
prepared to leave
marched & played
out to the camp  found
it a pleasant location
immediately went
to work and built
a cook house & hall
this afternoon Fox
& I went to Mrs Harris
to get butter got some
straw from there a
[?] on [?] or
what was supposed
to be   Mrs Harris father
was a cook for Washington
6 years during the revolution
Had [?] this evening
Jo Whilst on his spree
to day dinged his horn
badly and lost one of
the slides he lost his
way in the woods clear quite warm

MSS  10317