Issued five days' rations, sugar and coffee. Started on the march
southwest at one o'clock. Companies “L”, “M”, “G”, “D” and “A” under Major
Purington, and two Dutch companies under Lt. Col. Orff. Marched eighteen miles
to Redding Mills. Secesh galvanized. Found plenty of corn and sheaf oats.
Occupied a house deserted a few minutes before. A store near by. Nothing of importance
left. News of rebels within twelve miles.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney, p. 13
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