Thursday, December 13, 2012

1862 December 14 Fredericksburg, Va.

[from the diary of John Ward of the 102nd Pennsylvania]


December 14

the fight comince
this mornig at about
5 oclock on the
left   the was not
verey reapped   it
aperes that the Rebs
is goone Back
the Rebls have not
gone back   the armeys
hold the same ground
to Day as yesterday
the firig to Day Was
nothing but [-]
the fring seese this
after none  and the
fighting dose  not a
amount to much
to Day the Northan
Littes verey Butfoull
to Night for thre[e]
houres

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 12913


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