1862 June 25 Camp on Flat Top Mountain, Va.

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

Wednesday, June 25, 1862
     After Guard mounting
went with John Oswald
after borrowing the
Col Hayes's Field-Glass
we then went and
got Col Chambers to
go with us to point
out the  [lovliest?] of
places.  John took a
sketch of the landscape
the view was indeed
grand and especially so
with the aid of a
Glass
Practiced this afternoon
Two companies C & H
went out on a scout
Had Parade
Wm Arthur & Fox on
a drunk last night
Beastly drunk  Clear
Cool pleasant

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