1862 December 20 across the Rappahannock

[from the diary of the Rev. Francis E. Butler, chaplain of the 25th New Jersey]


Sat. Dec. 20 – Very cold night.  Slept very cold.  Pity poor fellows
in shelter tents – bright cold day – Army quiet – Most of wounded
sent to Washington.  Have some very bad here.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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