The weather is getting quite warm and the roads are dusty.
Our advance guard broke camp at daylight, while our brigade did not get under
way until 10 o'clock. We crossed a ridge of mountains this afternoon and this
evening went into camp in the valley close to Warrenton. The mountains are
heavily timbered, mostly chestnut, and the soil is sandy and rocky. There are
only a few small farms here and there. The men have gone to war, while the
women and children remain with scarcely anything to live on.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 191
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