1862 October 5 [near Bakersville?]

from the diary of Samuel Johnson, of the 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Battery]



                                Oct 5th

On the 29th of Sept  Capt Porter resigned his
commission and left for home.  On the 1st of this
month  G. W. Clarke  another of our men was
very suddenly taken from us by death, having
been sick but a few days.  C. C. Currier also
died in the Hospital at Fort Monroe.
New regts are constantly joining the army.
Pleasant and mild.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 8493