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Source citation
Samuel P. Bates, The History of Pennsyvlania Volunteers, 1861-65 (Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, 1869), 1: 733.
Type
Diary
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Transcription adapted from The History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65 (1869), by Samuel P. Bates
Adapted by Brenna McKelvey, Dickinson College
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Transcription
The following transcript has been adapted from The History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65 (1869).
Monday 26.- Arrived in Harrisburg some time in the night and took lodgings at the “White Hall.” After breakfast I went to the depot and met my brother, who passed me without knowing me. It is not necessary for me to tell of the joy it gave me to meet my friends, or the joy it gave them to see me, after so long an absence.