We remained in position all night, and a more uncomfortable night I never
spent; 'twas almost a matter of impossibility to sleep, but nature must at
length claim its own, and so we slept at last as only broken down soldiers can.
This morning the enemy threw a few shell toward us, but we made no reply.
Longstreet's division has been relieved to-day by Magruder, and my
company has been ordered back to the rear. As we moved back the terribly bloody
and disastrous was commencing, but we did not participate in it. Here Lee's
army received a check which enabled McClellan, who conducted his retreat in
masterly style, to make good his escape.
SOURCE: William S. White, A Diary of the War; or What I
Saw of It, p. 124
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