A telegram from my husband of June 29th from Richmond: “Was
on the field, saw it all. Things satisfying so far. Can hear nothing of John
Chesnut. He is in Stuart's command. Saw Jack Preston; safe so far. No reason
why we should not bag McClellan's army or cut it to pieces. From four to six
thousand prisoners already.” Doctor Gibbes rushed in like a whirlwind to say we
were driving McClellan into the river.
SOURCE: Mary Boykin Chesnut, Edited by Isabella D. Martin
and Myrta Lockett Avary, A Diary From Dixie, p. 198
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