Friday, June 1, 2012

1862 June 2 before Richmond, Va



[from the diary of Jonathan Hager of the 14th U.S. Regulars, as copied and annotated at a later date]


June 2 We disposed ourselves to day to keeping cool
as possible.  The day was comparatively quiet
very little firing.  Among the thousand & one
rumors which are always flying around the
Camp there was one, that our Gunboats were in
shelling distance of Richmond and we ex-
pected every day to hear of its evacuation,
and some of our generals confidently predicted
it, but as the sequel will show they didn't
evacuate, nor had the such intention just at
that time.  We have often since, as we did then
wish most sincerely that they had.

MSS 9044

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