Saturday, May 7, 2016

Diary of Luman Harris Tenney: Monday, June 23, 1862

According to orders started for Neosho at 6 A. M. Up early and flew around to get chores done. Our road lay mostly through the woods. After 8 miles ride, mail came. A letter from good Fannie. Met Co. “A” and “D” from Sherwood, three miles north of Neosho. Met some Kansas Sixth who had fallen in with a band of 400 rebels on the road to Granby. Council of War — Burnett wanting to go on with 200 men — Ratcliff not thinking it best. Bivouacked for the night in open air.

SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney, p. 19

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