Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.
    

“Some 4000 troops left this morning for Harpers Ferry, as is supposed.”—Horatio Nelson Taft

MONDAY 10

This has been one of the hot days. M. 86 in shade. E.P.T. & Welling have gone (or rather have been) to Virginia, but the sun was so hot they did not go far. Some 4000 troops left this morning for Harpers Ferry, as is supposed. The RI Regt went with their fine Battery of rifled Cannon 6:12: pou[n]d[er]s. Hot work is expected. Saml Androus was up today from Alexandria, went back in evening. Was at the Parade of the 12th with Juliet and “Puss” W[oodward]., and then down to “Willards.” Got the NY papers and came home early.

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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.

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