[from the diary of Lt. John Tyler of the Letcher Artillery]

May 9th Did
not get up this morning till after
breakfast  was over so Tom B. Ellis
M. & I took our breakfast together.

Very warm today.  Wrote a letter to
Jennie.  This afternoon heard firing
of artillery for an hour or two on our
right, have not heard the cause yet.
5 6 Yankees were taken today & brought
by here, in a wagon with an old negro
driving.  They were straglers [sic] from a
regiment which some of our cav-
-alry pounced on and captured on
the other side the Rappahannock.

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 6150