1862 October 8 Perryville, Ky.

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



     Oct. 8th, ’62.                  
Continued to
march until after
4 A.M. great suf-
fering occasioned

by the scarcity of
water. Slept about
2 hours.
Reported that a
whole brigade of
Bragg’s army taken
yesterday! We pick
up stragglers from
his army every
few hours.
Started early & with
canteens full, as there
was no water between
us & the rebels. Marched
rapidly about 8 miles.
Came up to the rebels –
               
bullets whirling over
our heads; -were
placed in a position
to support one of
our batteries.
It While in that place
a shell bursted di-
rectly over the heads
of my company.
The rebels driven
back, we moved
forward, through
the fields & woods,
about a mile.
The firing ceasing,
we lay in a piece
of woods, on arms,
over night.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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