Letters and diary entries from the corresponding day in the Civil War posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Monday, August 6, 2012
1862 August 7, Camp at Green Meadows
[from the diary of James Dinsmore Templeton, musician and private in the 23rd Ohio]
Thursday, Aug. 7, 1862
Guard mounting after
which lay around doing
nothing until after dinner
when with several of
the boys went out
to pick some blackberries
took a devious path
through the woods
followed it some distance
came to Picket past there
on went about 2 miles
from camp found a fine
field of berries got some
sent on to the house of
Old Mrs Lillys returned
alone to Camp
Parade & drill
mail just in received
Mrs Campbell
only one letter from ^ Tree
near the guard house struck
with lightening yesterday missing
several Mostly clear
MSS 10317
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