Friday, February 17, 2017

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday July 12, 1862

Received orders today to move to Green Meadows tomorrow. It is said to be a fine camping place, and although our present camp is the prettiest I have ever seen, we are glad for the sake of change to leave it.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 301

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