We started at 7 a. m., and while passing through Petersburg
by platoons, were reviewed by General Ord, in command at Petersburg. The
Fifteenth Corps had to pass through the city in our rear. We crossed the Appomattox
river at 9 a. m. and went into bivouac six miles out from Petersburg, making a
march of only eight miles for the day. Petersburg is a lively place; business
is going on regularly. The people are at work repairing the damages done by the
war, and are even erecting new buildings. It is a fine city with beautiful
country around, although badly cut up with fortifications. The town was
strongly fortified.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 274-5
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