Monday night, May 5, 1862.
Train after train has arrived to-day, bring
fr various
regiments — 23rd, 42nd,
48th, 21st, Irish battalion, 37th,
all
of which have been through this place once or twice
before. But how
different their appearance since last
summer? Many of the men are
ragged, and quite a
number entirely without shoes. They also look
dirty,
and sickly — I mean a large proportion. The regiments
and
battalion I have mentioned, and perhaps others, (the 10th)
marched out two or three miles from town, on the
West View road, to
camp. Jackson's old brigade — composed of
the 2nd,
4th, 5th, 27th +c regiments — are
encamped two
miles East of town. The town was full of country peo-
ple
this evening, who were permitted to come in but not
to go out. Pickets
are posted on all the roads.
Reported that Yorktown has been abandoned by our troops
and that
Norfolk — in fact every place approachable by wa=
ter — will be.
In all probability there was another great
fight at Corinth
yesterday.
The brigade (Jackson's) is composed of Valley men, and
the
5th regiment is (except one company) from this county. It
is said
that when they found that the army was really crossing
leaving the
Valley at Brown's Gap, they were greatly de-
pressed; but when their
faces were turned towards Rockfish
Gap, every face brightened.
[transcription by Valley of the Shadow project]
MSS 38-258
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