1862 October 11 Washington, D. C.

[from the diary of the Rev. Francis Butler, chaplain of the 25th New Jersey]



Sat 11. for Washg.   slow, arrived about 3 P.M.
men slept in Barracks – Col. Adjt. & I reported to Gen
Casey – rec. us cordially    a member of Pres. Ch –
asked me to explain a verse in Jno. for his edification
very affable – Col & I spent night at Brown’s
Hotel.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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