The Yankee army ravaging Stafford County dreadfully, but
they do not cross the river. Burnside, with the “greatest army on the planet,”
is quietly waiting and watching our little band on the opposite side. Is he
afraid to venture over? His “On to Richmond” seems slow.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 173-4
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