Sunday, July 8, 2012

1862 July 6 Harrison's Landing, Va.

[from the diary of Samuel Johnson of the 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Battery]


    July 6th

Yesterday and to day have once again passed
in quietness.  the balloon was up both days;
this afternoon we changed our camp about
one mile to the front.  Smith’s div. are
building fortifications on our left.  Warm and
pleasant.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 8493

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