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we could hear the canon at
Manassas very distinctly.
This was the second days march
from Stanton. The next morning
it was raining. This was Monday.
One of our company William
W Wallace was taken sick with
the measles and was sent
back to Stanton. We marched
all day that day through the
rain and mud a distance of
15 miles to a place called
McDowels and lay that night
on the wet ground. In that
days march we met several
hundred Confederate prisoners
who were taken in the Vick
mountain fight and