1861 August 17

[from the diary of Wesley Hammond, Confederate soldier in the Dixie Greys (42nd Virginia, Co. E.)]

Usual drill – Read 6 Chapters

in bible and from page 140 to

162 Miltons Paradise Lost.

A good deal of grumbling in

camp to day about something

to eat. day very pretty.

MSS 5526

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