1862 October 12 Washington, D. C.

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


Sun 12.   At g. b Took Capt Mc Kennan to Young Board
man at Hospital.  he prescribed for him – At 9 A.M.
Regt. all marched with transportation wagons to East
Capitol Hill where whole of the raw cold day was
spent in encamping – at Eveg had short religious
exercise & Col & I returned to Browns Hotel.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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