Sunday Jany 5th
The coldest morning yet. M. down to 14. The Col is getting homesick, says he must take the cars in the morning. I did not go out today, family all went to Church. I staid at home with the Col. — It snows some tonight. The cars go at 6 o’clock. The Col wishes me to go to the cars with him, not a very pleasant performance in the snow before daylight. But a carriage would be too expensive for the Col. He has been with us (sick) ten days and we have done the best we could by him.
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The three diary manuscript volumes, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865, are available online at The Library of Congress.