Up last night till
midnight issuing oats, etc., and drawing clothing. Regt. up at 1 A. M. and
moved at 2. Moved through byroads around to the Jerusalem Plank road across to
Reams' Station on the Weldon and Petersburg R. R. having crossed the Norfolk R.
R. Burned the station and water tanks and a quantity of wood. Moved off to
Dinwiddie C. H. and then across the country to the Petersburg and Lynchburg R.
R. Destroyed several miles of track, tearing up much and burning fence rails on
the rest. Don't think this did much good. Kautz captured two trains of cars
loaded with furniture, etc., from Petersburg. Went into camp at 11 and remained
till 1:30 A. M. (This began the famous and rather disastrous "Wilson's
Raid.")
SOURCE: Frances
Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris Tenney, p. 121
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