1862 October 16 Boone Fork, near Stanford, Ky.

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



     Oct. 16th, 62.
Still very sick this
morning. Eat nothing
from 3 P.M. yesterday until
after 10 A.M. to-day; then

only 2 or 3 hard crackers.
Compelled again to-
day to ride in ambu-
lance; which is cer-
tainly not very pleas-
ant to a sick man,
over rough roads
with very poor springs
to the wagon, & a care-
less driver.
Quite a number pris-
oners passing back to-
day, - all paroled.
They have various ar-
ticles of clothing tak-
en from our soldiers –
some over-coats, some

blankets, some hats or
caps, & some shoes.
Marched only 3 or 4 miles,
but the roads so full of
wagons & men, that we
were until about 3 P.M. going
that distance.
For some unknown
reason, faced right about
& marched back to our
last night’s camp on
Boone fork  brush creek, at an old
frame church.
An architectural peculi-
arity of the country is,
that the chimnies are
all of stone & built on

the outside of the
houses, as well in
towns as elsewhere.

[transcribed by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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