There has been
nothing worthy of mention since the last date, excepting the heavy rain, till
last night, when we had an opera, "Il Recruitio," which was
excellently rendered. Gen. Foster and lady, and other officers and their
ladies, attended; the two barracks of "F" and "B" being
filled from top to floor.
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. 41
