Still the Tenth and Sixty-seventh regiments are allowed to
remain undisturbed by the enemy while it is having things pretty much its own
way in the vicinity of Baltimore and Washington. It's reported this evening
Gilmore's rebel cavalry have burned the Gunpowder Bridge, destroyed a railroad
train, robbed the passengers, etc. The greatest consternation prevails
throughout the country, as the enemy is reported to be only three miles from
the National Capital. We wait anxiously for the next news.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 120
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