1862 June 20 Camp on Flat Top Mountain, Va.

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

Friday, June 20, 1862
after Guard
Mounting by the way
I guess I did nothing
Read a novel
[Pathway of?] the mountain
outlaw
Practiced this afternoon
Had parade after
which drilled
Played again at
twilight
Have done nothing
this day
Cloudy cleared off
this evening
Hear that Gardner
has recd an apointment
of Capt & A.Q. M. in the
Regulars
Several of the officers
drunk this evening

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