A fine day, but a
hard one for all. We were ordered out early, and marched across the city, over
the long bridge, to the large plain, where we were reviewed by Gen. Foster. It
was a splendid sight. About all that is left to Gen. Foster of the 18th Corps
was on the field,—about 12,000 or 13,000 men, including cavalry and artillery,
and was the largest body of men we ever saw together; but it was tiresome to us
who did the marching, and we were glad to be in the old quarters again.
SOURCE: John Jasper
Wyeth, Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass.
Dep’t of North Carolina from September 1862 to June 1863, p. 40
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