Saturday, October 6, 2012

1862 October 7 on the road out of Springfield, Ky.

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



     Oct. 7, ’62.
Clear & will be
very hot. Feet
very painful.
Started between
11 & 12 o’clock M., -
marched all day,
& all night.
No water to be ob-
tained.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 10547-bm

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