Mrs. Lyon’s Diary.
March 17, 1863.—We all went out to see the dress parade. The ground has been so muddy and broken that they have not had a parade lately. The Thirteenth Regiment surpasses them all.
In the night the telegraph operator came to say that Colonel Harding was promoted to Brigadier-General. Most of his regiment, the 83d, came down here to congratulate him. They serenaded him, sang all kinds of war songs, and tried to get into his room, but all in vain. A boat came by with a band on it that played beautifully.
