SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1861.
This day has passed off without any particular incident occuring. I was at the RR Depot. A Regt of Cavalry from P.A. came in while I was there. Troops are coming all the while but nothing is said or known about it publicly. Long trains of Army wagons were loading and leaving. Saw a vast quantity of Govt Stores there in Boxes — arms, harness, &c. At Willards in the evening. Chas Marriage with Miss Sally Woodward was published in the “Star” this evening. Married on the 23rd July.
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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.
