Detailed for picket. Located out on outpost on the Tuscaror
road, leading to the North Mountain, about one mile out of town. Have done
picket duty on this road many times. At the edge of town all roads are
barricaded and closed for the nights, to prevent a sudden dash from the
guerillas and Confederate scouts. Report comes tonight that General Grant has
taken Richmond and that General Lee has retreated. Good news.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 146
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