1862 September 2 near the Rappahannock

[from the diary of Wesley Hammond, Co. E, 42nd Virginia Regiment [Dixie Greys]

Tuesday 2nd – Left camp near Amesville
cross north branch of the Rappahanock
River – move 6 miles – Very difficult matter
getting along –We heard Sam [his brother] was wounded

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 5526