1862 December 15-16 Fredericksburg

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

Dec 15th Monday
The firing begune
At 7 AM
the army of the
fall Back to the
Side of the Rever
on the Night
of the 15th   the
was all over in
in moring by
day lite on the
moring of the 16th
Col Rowley take
command of the Regt
to Day and
Genl Weatdan tuck
Command of the
Bredge  and Releve
Col Rowley

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 12913