Went to New River Bridge. They shelled the woods filled with
our men killing three or four. A fine artillery duel between our guns on the
high ground on the west side of the river, theirs on the east. The Rebel effort
was to keep our men from firing the bridge. It was soon done. A fine scene it
was, my band playing and all the regiments marched on to the beautiful hills
hurrahing and enjoyed the triumph. Marched thence to Pepper's Ferry and spent
the afternoon and night fording and ferrying the river. Sixteen miles.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 457
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