Raining very hard all day; 'tis extremely dull in camp. As is the weather
so is the spirit; the sombre clouds of a gloomy day often cast an equal gloom
over our spirits. Though McClellan's army has been seriously defeated, and his
vain boastings brought to naught, yet he has succeeded in gaining a very strong
position on the James River, near Charles City Courthouse, where he may now
safely reorganize his army. Beyond a doubt, he displayed great Generalship in
extricating his army from the perilous situation in which it was placed after
the battle of Gaines's Mill.
SOURCE: William S. White, A Diary of the War; or What I
Saw of It, p. 125
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