Commenced our march
at 4 a. m. Marched to the Big Sandy River, where we had quite an exciting time.
A courier from the river rode by and reported that Richmond had been taken. There
was great enthusiasm among the men. Marched about twenty miles today.
SOURCE: Joseph
Stockton, War Diary (1862-5) of Brevet Brigadier General Joseph
Stockton, p. 14
