A bright warm day. I go to Raleigh, bidding good-bye to Fayetteville.
We entered Fayetteville either the 13th or 14th of November; four months in one
home, not unpleasant months, considering the winter weather of this region.
Rode to Fayetteville [slip of pen for Raleigh] on my new bright bay — a good
ride. Reached Fayetteville [Raleigh] just as our regiment was forming for dress
parade. Eight companies in line looked large. Was greeted warmly. I gave them
the news of the evacuation of Manassas and the victory in Arkansas. Three
cheers given for the news; three more for General Curtis, and three for the
colonel! All seemed pleased to be again together. How well they looked. The
band is in capital condition. How I love the Twenty-third. I would rather
command it as lieutenant-colonel than to command another regiment as colonel.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 205-6
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