A lovely morning. Sent Sergeant Abbott to Fayetteville with
five prisoners. Company A look splendidly; drill well, sing well, and, I doubt
not, fight well. Received orders to be ready to move by Wednesday night. We
need canteens, a quartermaster, ammunition. Must see that captains are all
ready.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 223
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