[From the diary of Wesley Hammond, 42nd Virginia Infantry]
Took up our line of march>
for Huntersville – Marched 14
miles and encamped a
new camp by a small stream
among the Alleghany
Mountains. The news was
announced to us here by
Adjutant C. K. Logan,
that a great battle had been
fought at Manassas Junction
and a glorious victory gained
by our men! Loss 1,800 killed
and wounded on our side
and fifteen thousands
of the enemy and twenty
thousands taken prisoners,
forty pieces of canon and
any quantity of small arms.
Also that Gen. Wise had come
in contact with the enemy killing
300 and took 3 cols and several
Capts.
MSS 5526
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