Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: May 7, 1864

At 1 o'clock, received orders to pull out. Followed some 3rd Div. trains. Went down near Chancellorsville and breakfasted. Firing commenced early. Very hot and sultry. Regt. still back at the Ford. Moved to Chancellorsville (the walls of a brick house mark the spot) and remained over night. A good many fortifications remaining of those thrown up a year ago. Firing has been incessant all day. Troops passing towards Spottsylvania all night.

SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney, p. 115

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