Letters and diary entries from the corresponding day in the Civil War posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
1862 November 16 Lynchburg, Va.
[from the diary of Wesley A. Hammond, Co. E., 42nd Virginia "Dixie Greys"
Sunday 16 – Go to Court St. Church to hear
Rev. Y. S. Edwards preach a powerful
sermon from [word lined through] Nerb. 12:16. Bishop
Ecarly was present – Man by the name of
Thompson died in Ward at night
died a wretched death.
[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]
MSS 5526
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