Parisburg, [Pearisburg]. — A lovely day. — No
reinforcements yet; have asked for them in repeated dispatches. Strange. I
shall be vigilant. Have planned the fight if it is to be done in the houses at
night, and the retreat to the Narrows, if in daylight with artillery against
us. The town can't be held if we are attacked with artillery. Shameful! We have
rations for thirty days for a brigade and tents and other property.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 260
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