Resumed our march
soon after break of day, and entered Fairfax Court House, contrary to our
expectations, towards one o'clock, at mid-day, the rebels having evacuated the
town shortly before our entrance. Their rear guard could be plainly seen some
distance off. Our battery formed in park near the court house. Some of the boys
were very lucky in finding a good dinner served on a table in one of the
houses, besides some articles of value, undoubtedly belonging to some
confederate officers. Some picket firing during the night.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First
Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery, p. 10
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