Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, October 21, 1863

General Duffie with about one thousand men, cavalry, and two guns of Simmonds’ off last night; supposed to be after the railroad bridge again.

Lee followed Meade until he was near the defenses of Washington, when Lee is reported retiring again.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 441

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