April 20th. A very pleasant morning. Came off picket. After a good clean-up, obtained a pass permitting me to cross the Potomac River into Maryland, as I wished to visit and climb to the top of Maryland Heights, which I had done before. One gets a ?ne view of a tract of country which is very pleasant to look at, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Loudon Valley, the Shenandoah Valley, up and down the Potomac River, Pleasant Valley, Maryland. The pleasure was well worth the labor and the trouble I went through. Much ?ghting had taken place in this vicinity but now quiet and peaceful. Battles are liable to take place here most any day. I always felt that Pleasant Valley, Maryland, was rightly named, for it is a beautiful country.
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