Saturday, 4th.—Left camp on Elk Horn Creek 7 A. M. Arrived at Frankfort at 11 A. M. Our brigade sent in to the city and inaugurated Hawes’ Provisional Governor of Kentucky. Generals Bragg, Kirby Smith, Buckner and several other generals present at the inauguration. When over, a salute of several guns was fired. We then marched up river two miles and began preparing to cook rations, but were ordered off in the direction of Versailes. Reported 15,000 Federals near Frankfort; perhaps that hurried us off. Governor Hawes came with us, anyway. Don’t think he got to occupy the chair as chief executive of the State more than about three hours.
Robert M. Magill—Personal Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier Boy.
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