Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes.

June 7, 2012

Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Flat Top Mountain, June 7, 1862. Friday [Saturday] A. M.

— Still cloudy with hopes of clearing off. This has been a bad storm, lasting almost a week. No prospect of moving yet. Read the “Bride of Lammermoor.” — I don’t like the conclusion of it — lame and impotent.

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