As we proposed
having a dance soon after "D," and there are such strong rumors of
movements of troops floating about camp, we made up our minds not to lose our
chance, and had it last night. Those who attended were highly gratified. The
notices, posted on the different barrack-doors, read as follows:
BAL-MASQUE.
A
grand Regimental Bal-Masque will be held to-night, January 24th, at the
Barracks of Company E. None admitted except commissioned officers and
those en costume.
There was a full
house, notwithstanding the restrictions, and we had a fine time. Several were
dressed as ladies, and made passably good-looking ones, Miss Rawson, of Boston,
and Miss Emerson, of Waltham, carrying off the honors. Most of our officers
called upon us, bringing a few of the 10th Conn.
SOURCE: John Jasper
Wyeth, Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass.
Dep’t of North Carolina from September 1862 to June 1863, p. 35
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