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March [[underline]]1865[[/underline]]
& sadness upon his face which made me pity him. The [[Secreaty?]] the diplomates & the Judges followed with the members of the House The galleries emptied themselves quickly & a general race was made for the most available places for a sight of the in^[[au]]geration ceremony. Fortune favored us with a comparatively good situation near a window overlooking the platform which had been erected for the purpose on the East portico of the center building we could see the marshals surrounding the President & the top of his head and what was truley worth beholding the mass of human beings crowding the area and park below. Their shouts announcing the appearance of the President upon the platform. Of course we could not hear a word of the Inaugeral we abandoned our position shortly for the portico of the senate wing in [[end page]]

[[start page]] March [[underline]]1865[[/underline]]
which we were in order to have a better view of the crowd. It was almost frightful to witness as the immense mass pushed through a narrow opening to obtain [[strikethrough]]of[[/strikethrough]] a sight of the procession which now commenced to move. Women were bore along fainting carried off their feet by the people about them Two [[pugnacious?]] dames one black the other white were having a regular hand to hand fight with their fists in each others eyes as they were carried on with the stream. Admiral Davis joined us here with his two little girls and after watching for a short time longer the seething multitude below us we went in the opposite end of the portico where we saw a portion of the procession very much bedrabled by the mud which was more than ankle deep the President was seated in an open carriage with his son Tad by his side [[end page]]