Captain, Co. B, 97th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Diary purchased in 1957. Posted from the holdings of Special Collections, University of Virginia Library. Transcribed by Mary Roy Edwards. Additional information on Hunter appreciated.
The Special Collections Dept. of the University of Virginia Library holds over 25 Civil War diaries and thousands of letters of both Union and Confederate soldiers. Noted holdings include letters of Robert E. Lee, papers of "Gray Ghost" John S. Mosby and Confederate Generals Thomas L. Rosser, Elisha F. "Bull" Paxton, and Philip St. George Cocke, and William S. Hillyer of Ulysses Grant's staff.
Clear with a cold wind. Brigade drill at 1 P.M. My knee not so much swollen but still painful. Ordered to be ready to march at 1/4 before 7 A.M. to-morrow morning, with three days rations in havre- sacks.
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