Resumed our march at daylight; halted about two miles from
the river and remained through the day. The Johnnies were on this very ground
yesterday in large numbers, but were repulsed by the First Corps and fled
across the river; no fighting to-day; got orders about sundown to return to
camp which we did without a halt. On arrival there we found there had been a
great scare from Mosby but it amounted to nothing; wonder if he thinks guerrilla
warfare manly? Some people are born gorillas, though, and have no more
conception of honor. I'd go and drown myself before I'd practice that kind of
warfare!
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 16
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