Goodwin's Mills, 16 miles northwest of Cheraw,
March 7, 1865.
About 11 miles to-day and in camp at noon. The 14th and 20th had come
down and cross at Cheraw. We are waiting on them. That expedition to Florence
was a failure. Men got the town but were driven out before they destroyed a
thing. I am inclined to think the officers did not do their whole duty. They
should have succeeded or lost more blood. Our loss amounted to nothing. One of
the best foraging days of the whole trip. Our foragers to-day captured some
negroes and horses. The negroes say they were running them over here to get
away from General “Schofield's company.” We are about on the State line now,
and will leave S. C. to-morrow. I think she has her "rights” now. I don't
hate her any more.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an Illinois Soldier,
p. 358
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