Saturday, August 11, 2012

1862 August 12 Staunton, Va.

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



Tuesday morning, August 12, 1862.
The intelligence by the cars yesterday was not as favor-
able as we anticipated. There was no fighting of conse-
quence on Sunday, and, the enemy being heavily reinforced, 
Jackson fell back a short distance towards his main 
body. The Yankee prisoners are now said to number one 
 hundred, including Gen. Prince. No statement of our 
loss in killed and wounded, nor of the enemy's. A young 
man named Baylor, of this county, was killed and Wm. 
H. Gamble lost an arm. One passenger brought a report 
that several of our regiments were surrounded + captured. — 
But this is not believed, as other passengers and letters from 
the army say nothing about it. The weather very warm 
and dry.

[transcript by the Valley of the Shadow Project]

MSS 4763

S 4763

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