Not quite so cold. Captain A. W. Chilton and Lieut. Wheeler
came off picket this morning; no orders to put up quarters; wonder if some of
the officers are not getting faint-hearted and getting out of it; no one can
accuse me of it after declining my discharge at Annapolis and General
Stevenson's offer. I find the army in poor spirits; needs rest, at any rate
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley part of it; give it rest and it will be all right
for another campaign. These enormous earthworks in our front seem to give
everybody the nightmare, but I anticipate a weakly manned part of the line will
be found, easily broken, and then, as the enemy is disheartened, goodbye,
Johnny! The next campaign will be virtually the last.
SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections
and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 240
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