From three miles
west of Millboro to one mile beyond Goshen; about thirteen to fourteen miles.
Rained last night. Our march today impeded by a small body of Rebel cavalry.
Rumors of Jackson, McCausland, and General Morgan, all hurrying to Staunton to
oppose Hunter or our command. Perhaps both in detail. Bad strategy to propose
to unite two forces in the enemy's lines. Struck the Virginia Central one
hundred and seventy-five [miles] from Richmond near Goshen. Our route through
narrow valleys or canons where a small force can easily hold a large one.
Now (3 P. M.) we are
waiting as rear brigade, on a pretty stream, for the leading brigade, Colonel
White's, to drive a party of Rebels through a narrow gap on railroad from
Millboro to Goshen. They turn the position and we go on. We lose two or three
slightly wounded and capture four or five Rebels and wound three others badly.
Goshen a pretty place in the mountains. We cross no high mountain today.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 470
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