1862 August 27 Staunton, Va.

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

Wednesday morning, Aug 27

Thirty-odd Federal soldiers brought in last night, captured 

below Winchester. Some fifty of our men intercepted a 

Railroad train between Charlestown and Winchester, taking 

prisoners, the mail, with $3000 in specie, and destroying the train. 

Yankee papers and letters were common articles in town yes-

terday. No train from the East yet. It is reported that 

a large number of wounded from the recent battle are to be 

up. Everything is uncertain as to affairs East of the Blue 

Ridge, towards Warrenton.

[transcription by the Valley of the Shadow project]

MSS 38-258