[from the diary of Samuel Johnson, private in the 1st Massachusetts Independent Light Battery]
March 12th
Were turned out at six A. M. The report
of the evacuation of the Manassas is
confirmed to day. The place was occup-
-ied by Gen. Philip Kearney and the
1st New Jersey Brigade of Franklin’s
Division. Large numbers of contraban-
-ds arriving inside our lines report.
the place to have been evacuated
about one week, the rebel army having
fallen back to the Rappahannock
River. The day has been pleasant
and mild.
[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]
MSS 8493
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