A bright morning greeted our
eyes. The clear sky promised a pleasant day. We discovered an orchard near by,
which furnished us with a variety of the most beautiful peaches. After taking a
good supply of them, marching was resumed. Arrived by nine o'clock A. M. at
Camp Jackson, occupied by the Thirty-fourth Regiment New York Volunteers, Col.
LaDue. We were well received. Towards evening, the Colonel and Lieut. Tompkins
took the fifth piece along, in the direction of the Potomac, getting the gun in
position close to the canal, after masking it. All quiet during the night.
SOURCE: Theodore
Reichardt, Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light
Artillery, p. 20
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