March nine (miles) to Sparta and nine to Harrisonburg—eighteen. A fine town and a fine day. General Early reported (to have gone over into Luray Valley to go through Blue Ridge. I conjecture he will go to railroad and Lynchburg. This is a splendid day, a fine town.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 513
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