Pickets driven in early. 2nd sent to support the 3rd N. J.
Suffered some. Train ordered back one mile. Went back. Found rebels in
possession of Charlestown road, one mile further. Sent out a picket from an
escort with ambulance train, and made a little reconnoissance, discovering a
small rebel force. Soon two regiments in charge of half a dozen aides came back
to guard the train through. Laughable time. Passed through Charlestown and by
order of Gen. Torbert, went on to Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry. Major
N. sick and along with us. Got a supper in town.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 128
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