Revere House, Cumberland, Maryland.
— A fine day. Rode to camp,
out one mile north of railroad, east of town. Men all busy
getting up huts. Scenery, mountains, etc., around the “Mountain City" very
pretty.
Eagle adopted as our
badge. Red Eagle for my division. Army of West Virginia in three
divisions; General Duval, the First; Kelley, Second; Stephenson, Third. I have
First Brigade, First Division.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary
and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 553
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