we was rousted up
about too oclock in the night and about day break we started out again And
crost the Chickahominy River and marched untell we came to the York river
Railroad 8 miles below Richmond And then we taken down the Railroad and about 2
hours befour sunset we come to a little creak whar the Yankees had burnt the
bridg And left sum of thir peases thar to bumb us so we couldent build the
bridge untell they could get thir armey futher along, And we never got the
bridge built untell next morning about a half of a hour by sun
SOURCE: Bartlett
Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 22
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