Union soldier in 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Battery. Diary a purchase in 1967. Posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library. Transcribed by Mary Roy Edwards. Comments by Robert Krick. Additional information on Johnson appreciated.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
1862 May 11
This morning we received marching orders and by 10. A.M were in motion. Halted at one P.M. after a short march, and encamped on the Richmond and West Point turnpike, some thirty six miles from the city. Pleasant and very warm.
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