Arrived at the crossroads about dark and camped for the
night. Lieut. Merritt Barber and I went on a scout for some supper, but
couldn't find much, as the rebels have taken everything in the country. The men
are very tired; arrived at the Potomac about dark and waded the river two miles
below Edward's Ferry at Young's Island; are in camp for the night on the
Leesburg pike just on the south side of Goose Creek. The rest of the Sixth
Corps is at Leesburg.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 123
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