[from the diary of Eugene M. Cox of the Albemarle Border Guards]
8 A. M. Arose before day to prepare to march---are just now moving off---5 P.M. Are now climbing the "Big Sewell"--have moved at a snail's gait all day--teams are so heavily loaded and so weak that our progress is exceedingly slow and difficult--10 P.M. We (or a part of us) took up camp ground on the eastern slope of "Big Sewell", all completely broken down--men are strung all along the road up the mountain having broken down and laid down to rest.
MSS 38-211
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