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

18.  Remain in camp – Prayer Meeting at night
19.  Wrote to Miss M. B. H.  Spent the
remainder of the day pretty much in
reading.  3 men were sentenced
& shot in camp.  Did not go to see it.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 5526