Weather quite cool and comfortable; no fighting today; only
twenty miles from Richmond —Hurrah! The negroes were much frightened when they
saw the Yankee army approach, but have become very much tamed in twenty-four
hours; said the Johnnies told them we had horns, would cut off their arms, etc.
Poor things! they were actually frightened, and showed it by their bulging
eyes, looks and manner. It was comical! General Russell has gone on a
reconnoissance to Hanover Court House. It's rumored that General R. E. Lee is
dead, but I believe it's a fake.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 67
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