Diary of Private Louis Leon: October 19, 1863

Left at 4 this morning, crossed the river on pontoon bridges. It commenced to hail and rain very hard, and kept it up for two hours. We got very wet. Halted at Cedar Run, marched ten miles, and stayed here until the 21st.

SOURCE: Louis Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 51

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: August 23, 1862

Willy Preston has been in a battle (Cedar Run), and we hear behaved with remarkable gallantry — rallied a disorganized regiment, or rather parts of many companies, and with a lieutenant led them to the charge.

SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 146

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 11, 1864

Culpepper C. H., Va., April 11, 1864.

. . . I did not write yesterday because the bridges over Bull Run and Cedar Run were carried away and the mails delayed.

. . . I found finally the note from General Wilson accompanying the present which the General and staff sent to you, and will at once draft the reply you desire . . .

It is refreshing to read letters from officers like Sherman in reference to their preparations for the coming campaign. He writes so cheerfully, so full of hope of success that it makes one feel that all must be well. You know my high opinion of him. He is one of the first men of this or any country. In all the points of character as soldier or statesman, he has among our military men no superior. . . .

SOURCE: James H. Wilson, The Life of John A. Rawlins, p. 414