Have remained in camp; rest much appreciated; have written
Dr. Almon Clark. It's reported to-night that Grant fell back again to-day to
his old position; also reported that forty families here in Frederick who
sympathize with the rebels are to leave for the South in the morning; don't
believe it; can hear all sorts of improbable things when so much excitement
prevails.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 129
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