Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: Monday, March 28, 1864

Passed through Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry. Saw John Brown's engine house, a very strong position indeed. Great amount of work on the road, 13 trains passed us this morning going west. Road along the Potomac many miles. Passed Relay House about 9 A. M. Annapolis Junction at 10 P. M. Tried to get the landlord up to get some supper. Great time. After rattling away at doors and windows, got up on roof to window where there was a light. People nearly frightened to death. One woman about eight months gone — man feared for her. Officers went to saloon and then back to cars.

SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney, p. 112

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