Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch, Post 26

The following excerpt is from the diary of Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch.

Sunday Oct. 4^th, 1863

“Of public news, the battle near Chattanooga, & in which my relative Major Sidney Coolidge, and my friend S. Hall’s son Henry were wounded, - The favorable news from England, - and the arrival of a Russian fleet at New York, where it is warmly welcomed, are the chief items. The first is unfavorable, but on the whole, our country’s cause seems advancing, thanks be to God!”