It has been a
delightful day; expect to be relieved this afternoon. Two deserters came into
our lines this morning; they report Lee's army in a miserable condition — no
rations or clothing, and the citizens nearly starving. They say that “Secession
is playing out.” The Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry relieved us about
noon; arrived in camp about 5 p. m. The roads are in splendid condition, as
good as I ever saw them in Virginia at this time of year. If the weather was
fine all the time picket guard would be more desirable than so much camp duty.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah
Abbott, Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 12
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