Saturday, June 13, 2015

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, December 22, 1861

The Forefathers' day — Pilgrim day. We are at the same high call here today — freedom, freedom for all. We all know that is the essence of this contest.

Cold, but the sun gilds the eastern sky as I write, and a few thin clouds gathered during the night are rolling away.  . . . At 3:30 P. M. a cold rain begins to fall — the end of our fine weather. How long shall we now be housed up by stormy weather? . . .

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 165

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