Tuesday, August 21, 2012

1862 August 23 Rappahannock River

[from the diary of Ephraim A. Wood, Co. C. 13th Massachusetts]


Friday Aug 22nd 1862
Cannonading has been going on
at the right and left of us
a little firing occurred here.
Col of the [-] Pa had a horse
shot and one of the artillery were
killed.  Our Company were in picket
to night

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 12021

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