1862 July 11 Camp on Flat Top Mountain

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

Guard mounting
laid abed until
quite late as it was
raining hard rained
most of th enight
showery all forenoon
wrote Letters to
Aunty Hays & Father
Did not practice
on account of rain
men at work screen-
-ing the Tents with
boughs
some indications of
our leaveing
pretty clear this
afternoon

MSS 10317