Wednesday, October 10, 2012

1862 October 11 on route back to western Virginia

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


Saturday, October 11, 1862

Slept well in our
tent with straw
for a bed last night
raining this morning lay
in until near noon
when we marched over
to the rail road went
into bad Cattle Cars
about noon.  it is now
near evening and we
all got here
remained until night
changed cars & went
on to the roof & spent
the night there quite
cool during the night
Have a rather better cattle
car now
Rained all night and
part of the forenoon
The leaves are beginning
to fall the forests begin
to assume the changing
hues of autumn


MSS 10317

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