1862 September 12 Ridgeville

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



     Friday   Sept 12th/62

     Before we got up this Citizen
that made so much fuss the
night before, made his appear-
ance at the top of the Lader
Said he you did not go far
last night.  We told him we did
not.  About half an hour after
this we had got ready to trot
along.  A Boy came out of the
house and said the sick man
wanted to see us before we went.
We went in and he wanted to know
if we troubled any thing out at the
Barn.  We told him we guessed not.
He said if we wanted any Breakfast
we could have some if we had got the
money to pay for it.  The Breakfast
table was all set for us.  We told
him that we did not want any

Breakfast.  We passed through the
Breakfast room in going out.  The
Woman asked us to sit down
to Breakfast.   We told her that
we did not want any.  She said
the Clockmaker told her that
we ordered breakfast.  We turned
to the Clock tinker and told
him that he seemed to be making
a great deal of trouble.  We gave
him a good talking to and
left.  At the next house we
had some Breakfast.  We did
not hurry at all, and the Brigade
marched again before we got up to
it.  They Camped last night about four miles
beyond where we had our Breakfast
between the Towns of Cooksville and
Lisbon.  We caught up with the
Regt before they had marched
far.  The marched  to day was only
Six miles.  We camped at night
close by the Town of Ridgeville.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 12021