Oh, such a horrid night's rest! Being near the mountains it
was cold with a heavy dew, and I had nothing but a rubber poncho for cover, and
am not feeling very well in consequence of being so chilled after marching all
day in the hot sun. We marched at 7 o'clock and arrived at Leesburg at 8
o'clock a. m., where we rested an hour. We found Col. Stephen Thomas here with
the Eighth Vermont Infantry, now of the Nineteenth Corps. The balance of our
Corps was about two miles ahead, and we overtook it at 6 o'clock p. m. and are
camped in a shady grove for the night. General H. G. Wright of our Corps is in
command of this army now, which numbers about 25,000 men. It is composed of the
Sixth Corps, two Divisions of the Nineteenth Corps under General Emery, and
General George Crook's Eighth Corps of about 7,000 men, which has operated
largely in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 124
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