A lovely morning with a gentle south breeze; formed line at
9 a. m. for picket. Captain H. R. Steele in command of the detail from our
brigade; commenced raining about 11 a. m. and continued all day. Our regiment
is on the reserve. Lieutenant-Colonel Egbert of the Third Brigade, a fine man,
is officer of the day.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 25
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