WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1861.
This has been a fine cool day and quite a stirring one round town. This afternoon three Regts were reviewed by the President at the “White House,” and other Regts were moving, coming in, and going out to Camp. The 12th Regt had a fine parade and were reviewed by Maj Genl Dix. Preparations for the 4th are makeing, guns are firing, Rockets are flying, and a general shouting all over the City. The unexpected Comet is quite brilliant and excites much interest being supposed a stranger.
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The three diary manuscript volumes, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865, are available online at The Library of Congress.
