1862 September 19 near Sharpsburg, Md.

[from the diary of James Dinsmore Templeton, musician and private in the 23rd Ohio]

Friday, Sept. 19, 1862

Stayed with several
of the boys where the
[train ?] lay after getting
some breakfast
Wrote Letters to
Mrs Slonecker.  Father
Creps & Eliza afterward
took my horn  & went
in search of the Regt
Went to the brick
Hosp then crossed the
River passed over the
Battleground Saw many
of our Dead
Passed on the road toward
the river.  Stopped on
the road side we
slept in a barn on
some straw.  Several
recruits came in Wednesday
Sol Leinard came
mostly clear

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