Camp 5, Princeton. — A rainy day. Very
interesting today. The citizens admitted freely. Militiamen, Union men, and
all, coming in taking the oath. The enemy reported running with a big scare,
hurrying through Rocky Gap, burning it, their tents and arms even. Tazewell
Court-house, deserted by troops, reported burned. Giles Court-house reported
ditto!!! Got a fine Mississippi rifle, brought in today by a repentant Rebel.
My orderly, Gray, will carry it for me. The Narrows of New River deserted, too.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 249
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