Thursday, September 27, 2012

1862 September 28 Louisville

[from the diary of Captain William F. Hunter, Co. B., 97th Ohio]



     Sept. 28th, ‘62
The sun shines
brightly this morning.
there was an inspection
of arms at 9 A.M. &
preaching, by Rev.
McFarland, immedi-
ately afterward.
Feel well, but tired
to-day. Between 2
& 3 o’clock, P.M. heavy
cannonading was
heard in front, im-
mediately we were
ordered to “fall in”,
with guns & Cartridge
boxes, which order
was executed with
alacrity. We stood
in line of battle
over an hour,
when we were or-
dered to stack arms
& go to quarters; which
was the end of the
battle for that time.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 10547-bm

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