1862 July 5 Warrenton, Va.

[Diary of Private E.A. Wood, Co. C. 13^th Mass Infantry, 

             

Saturday, July 5^th /62

     Pleasant, and very warm.

Marched at seven O clock.

We marched very slow stopping

often to rest, it was so warm

We had marched eight miles,

and were resting in some woods

when the news reached us that

Mc Clellan had taken Richmond

with  and twenty thousand prisoners.

Such a noise, you never heard,

as we made.  If you can imagine

the noise that eight Regts would

make, each one yelling as loud

as he could, you would have

a slight idea of it.  We marched

two miles farther which brought

us within a mile and a half

of Warrenton, here we pitched our

Camp.  Warrenton is about ten

miles from Warrenton Junction.

I had all the Cherries and blackberries

that I could eat.


[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]


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