1862 July 1 Staunton, Va.

[from the diary of Joseph Addison Waddell, civilian employee of the Quartermaster Dept.]

Tuesday evening, July 1, 1862.

The great battle below Richmond, still going 

on. Many reports, — some very exaggerated — We 

have been generally successful, and the enemy 

are retreating — this is about the state of the 

case so far. There has been no general rout. 

Cannonading heard again to-day. Several per-

sons wounded in Friday's fight were brought 

up in the R.R. train this evening.

[transcription by the Valley of the Shadow project]

MSS 38-258