still cool and raney
and we continued our march And about 3 o'clock in the eavning as we was
marching threw a little Town cauld Balden Green it comenced halen and raining
on ous very hard And then it was about 3 miles to the Depot wher we was to take
the cars And we all got very wet befour we got ther And then about sundown we
got in sum old horse cars and was run to Ashland which was about 22 miles And
when we got ther I was wet and nearly frosen And I was on gard and they put me
on post wright away and I had to stand 2 hours And it was a snowing a little
while I was a standing
SOURCE: Bartlett
Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 17-8
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