A warm bright day. Dined at the hospital with our excellent
assistant surgeon, Dr. McCurdy. Sent Company E to Raleigh. The last of the
Twenty-third quartered in Fayette is gone. Camp Hayes, Raleigh, headquarters
henceforth.
Heard of the evacuation of Manassas by the Rebels. If so, it
is evidence of a breaking away that almost decides the contest. But how did
they do it undisturbed? What was McClellan doing? A great victory over
the combined forces of Van Doren, Price, McCulloch, and McIntosh reported to
have occurred in Arkansas.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 205
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