I'd be very grateful for some help transcribing Private William M. Horton's diary for June 21 and 22, 1864, especially with the cross-writing.
Here is what I have transcribed:
The diary page is 41 of the following link: https://www.civilwardigital.com/CWDiaries/Diary%20of%20William%20M.%20Horton.pdf
Thanks!
Here is what I have transcribed:
June 21
Relieved after daylight, “We come up with the regt about 8
o’clock. We eat our Breakfast and lay
Down for a little rest. We are routed up
and ordered to march until the middle of the Wms farm. Our advance comes up with the enemy
Pickets. Drive them in a brisk skirmish….”
June 22
“We are shoved around from one place to another nearly all
Day,” Horton recorded. “At about 4
O’clock we advanced to the front about 5 ½ rods for the purpose of coming up
but in double quick time to the breast works….”
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