Thursday, October 4, 2012

1862 October 5 near Bardstown, Ky.

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


    Oct. 5, ‘62
Clear & prospect
of a very hot day.
To be off at 8
A.M.
On half rations.
A prisoner taken
this morning near
the camp.
started at 8 A.M.
marched all day
& until near 9 o’
clock P.M. All
of us almost ex-
hausted. Encamp-
ed to night in
the same camp
the rebels left
this morning – on
the beach fork of Salt river.
Three deserters
came in this morn-
ing from rebeldom-


[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 10547-bm

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