1862 July 1 near Warrenton, Va.

      [from the diary of Private Ephraim A. Wood, Co. C., 13th Massachusetts]         

     Tuesday July 1^st 1862

Pleasant and warm all day.

We drilled this morning in the

Skirmishing.  After drill I stole

out of Camp and went about

three miles towards Warrenton, before

I came to a House, in which I

found nothing but colored people

who informed me that their Master

and Mistress had gone South when

the Rebels left here.  The man has

two sons in the Rebel Army.

I tried to get some milk but

could not, going back I found

some black berries, which are just

beginning to get ripe.  I got back

about three O clock, and found

Mitchell had got some Corn Starch

pudding made for me.

We had no Battalion drill or

Dress Parade this afternoon as the

Col is unwell and the Magor

is Brigade Officer of the Day

  

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]


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