Bitter cold. Out on
picket last night on the Duffield road. Duffield is on the line of the B. &
O. R. R. about eight miles from this town. Detailed to go out for wood. Teams
going outside of camp must be kept well guarded, owing to bushwhackers and guerillas.
While some of the boys cut wood, the guard must be on the alert. Keep up the
large campfire in front of the church. Try to keep comfortable. My tent mate at
this time is Lem Manning. The guerillas know every path over the mountains and
all fords in the Shenandoah River.
SOURCE: Charles H.
Lynch, The Civil War Diary, 1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn.
Vol's, p. 32
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