1862 November 30 near Nashville

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


     Nov. 30th, ’62.
Still in camp.
In compliance with
the spirit and letter
of the recent proc-
lamation of the
President, the labor

of to-day has been
“reduced to the mea-
sure of strict ne-
cessity.”
Inspection of arms, &
preaching this fore-
noon. Raining some
this P.M.
Dress parade at 4
P.M.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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