Early this morning our regiment ordered out in light
marching order. After line was formed we marched out on the Winchester Pike.
About a mile out we came to a halt at the roadside, waiting for some cause,
under arms. After waiting a long time, late in the afternoon, a marching column
could be seen coming down the pike. It proved to be a large number of prisoners
under cavalry escort. We relieved the cavalrymen, taking charge of the
prisoners. Marched them through the town to the railway station. Loaded them
into box cars. Guarded them to Harper's Ferry where we arrived about midnight.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 129
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