Fine, sweet day -- Struck tents, packed up -- & marched across
long bridge -- & so n.w. up Potomac & encamped just under Arlington
heigths -- within quarter of a mile ? of Gen Lee's famous house.
Almost exactly west of the capitol -- & not over two & half miles distant
I judge -- I lead way to bridge & then after crossing -- while crossing
the men fired at a duck -- perhaps a hundred shots -- & didn't hit it,
We saw Gen [Silas] Casey drilling some ten regts. on a field to the left --
we halted by roadside -- while whole division marched past --
reached camp ground at 3 -- at 5 had tents up & supper over --
Men caught some twenty rabbits, chasing them in the woods
back of our camp -- We are on ground of Gen Lee's Estate, rebel
Comd. in chief I suppose.
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