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August 13th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 86
Diary of Rev. J. G. Law.
Advance into Kentucky.
August 13, 1862.—General Preston Smith's brigade left Knoxville at 5 o'clock this morning.
We marched thirteen miles and halted for the night at 2 o'clock P. M. We rested about one hour during the march.
The heat was intense and the dust almost suffocating.
Harry Cowperthwaite, of the Maynards, was overcome by the intense heat and fainted under the scorching rays of the noonday sun. My knapsack was a heavy burden, but the anticipation of clean clothes helped me to endure the extra weight.
Many of the boys left their knapsacks at Knoxville and will probably never see them again.
The baggage of the officers is limited and my chess-board was left behind in Major Dawson's box. General Preston Smith has ordered brigade guard to-night and I am the unfortunate individual that represents the Maynard Rifles in that grand farce.
But the drum beats and the guard must obey.
August 14.—Another day of intense suffering.
Marched thirt