Left bank of Stony Creek, Va., 20 miles from Pittsburg,
May 6, 1865.
About 20 good
miles to-day. No sign of war yet. Have not had a very good road to-day. Crossed
the Nottaway river this morning. Small affair. During Kautz and Wilson's
disastrous raid last summer they threw their last piece of artillery into the
Nottaway from the bridge on which we crossed. One of the officers says he
noticed bullet marks on trees that indicated a pretty sharp skirmish having
taken place where we stopped for dinner. We are fairly on classic ground. I
hear that the 17th A. C. lost a number of men yesterday by a bridge falling.
SOURCE:
Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, p. 378
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