Near Hanover, C. H., Va., May 14, 1865. Only made nine miles to-day on account of the Pamunky river here being bad. We camp to-night in the Hanover “slashes,” one mile east of the birthplace of Henry Clay, and about two miles from the residence of Patrick Henry. The court house is where the latter [...]
“We passed the place where McClellan’s famous seven days’ fight commenced. The whole country is waste.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.
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