Letters and diary entries from the corresponding day in the Civil War posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Friday, June 15, 2012
1862 June 16 Camp on Flat Top Mountain, Va.
[from the diary of James Dinsmore Templeton, musician and private in the 23rd Ohio]
Monday, June 16, 1862
This morning
after Guard mounting
wrote letter to
Theodore Shank
spoke to him about
the Band as I hear
they are getting one
up
This afternoon Jo
and I cleaned our
horns quite a change
the other boys
cleaned theirs some
Had parade this
evening after which
the companies drilled
Saw the Artillery
drilling
Mostly clear but
cool
MSS 10317
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