We proceed to the
Cape Fear river one mile below town where we remain until noon waiting for the
17th Army Corps to cross, after which General Corse leads his division upon the
long pontoon bridge. After crossing we move on and go into camp two miles from
the river.
SOURCE: abstracted
from Daniel Leib Ambrose, History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, p. 298-9
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