Engineer Corps came out and made fortifications. 2nd had
strong works. Co. D left in a fort thing built by Co. in evening over night.
Just at dusk before regt. fell back, rebels came out to open place and we gave
them a volley. Co. D withdrew to works soon after daylight — rebs appearing in
force. Great deal of sport. Rebs came down to mill. Our boys would fire and
they would aim to kill. Dropped one horse and probably one man. Withdrew at dark
to Charles City Landing, arriving at 3 A. M., horses having remained under the saddle
108 hours with no feed and little grazing, horses very weak. Report that
Petersburg had been captured — false.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 120
