[From the diary of Wesley Hammond of the Dixie Greys (42nd Virginia, Co. E)
Our forces fell back about
a mile this morning and form
-ed in line of battle – Dixie Greys
sent to the top of a mountain
on the left to act as picket – lay
concealed in bushes all day –
About 1. O’clock P.M. George brought
us something to eat – read 15 Chap-
ters in the bible while here – returned
late in the evening – Marched 7
miles in the night towards our old
camp on Valley Mountain – Tremen-
dous rain on us at night – En-
camped at Marshall’s Store on Val-
ley Mountain river. Arrived there
about 12 O’clock.
MSS 5526
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