July 13th
Since the 7th every thing inside our lines has
been very quiet. On
the 8th the President
arrived here and reviewed the army in their
encampments. To day.
G. B. White a member
of the battery died after a very short illness
with the [word lined through] typhoid fever. He was one of
our very best men and had not an enemy
in the battery. he
will be greatly missed by
us all. At 4 P. M he
was buried near our
camps the burial services being conducted
by the chaplain of the 2nd Vt. and a detach
-ment of the same regt. fired a salute over his
grave. The balloon
has made several
reconnoisances, and reports the rebs to have
fallen back to their old line in the defenses
of Richmond. A . very
strong fort has.
been built on our left, mounting several
heavy guns. With the
exception of the 10th and 11th ,
The weather has been warm and pleasant,
those two day’s were very stormy.
[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]
MSS 8493
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