Note: This is one of many diary entries of Octave Bruso, who participated in the Petersburg Campaign as a member of the 50th New York Engineers.
Monday April 4, 18641
Pleasent in the morning until 10 o’clock. Left Welford’s Ford at 9 A.M. arrived at Rappahannock Station at 12 ½ . Got wet through. Rained all the rest of the day.
Source:
- “1864 Diary of Private Octave Bruso, 50th NY Engineers, Company E” edited by Tom Bauerle, Buffalo, NY, 2010. ↩