1862 October 15 near Stanford, Ky.

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



     Oct. 15th, ‘62
Ordered to move
at 6 A.M.
Still unwell.
Clear & will be
warm. Cannona-
ding in advance
several times to day;
passed through the
town of Crab orchard
about 1 P.M. – an
insignificant place.
A 6 pounder solid
shot had struck
a house near the
middle of

town. So unwell
that I had to be
put in the ambu-
lance – vertigo I
guess. pushed on until
after 9 P.M. Very sick to-
night – Slept on the ground,
as usual. Reported this
evening that we took a 64
pounder from the rebels
to-day. Eat very little today.
3 mos. in the service to-day.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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