General Averill and his troops returned today after a raid
of fifteen days. The boys and horses show the effects of hard service as I saw
them pass through town on to Harper's Ferry. They did an immense amount of
damage to the enemy. Hard fighting, fording many streams in extreme cold
weather during cold rains, and snow. A soldier's life in the field is a very
severe one. The poor horses suffer as well as the men. Orders received for the
regiment to return to our camp at Martinsburg. Christmas Eve.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 33
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