Wednesday, October 31, 2012

1862 October 31 Glasgow, Ky.

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

     Oct. 31st, ’62.
Started at 6 A.M.
Marched hard un-
til 2 P.M. when we
encamped about
five miles from
Glasgow; stopping
soon on account
of water.
     Robert Reynolds,
a member of my
company, died
very suddenly to-
day, at 11 ¼  A.M. in
an ambulance.
We buried him
this evening near
our camp in a
private burial
ground.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson  Edwards]

MSS 10547-bm

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