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1862 May 12,,Visited Mrs. Jennings today
and heard her testimony in favor
of the Union; also her experience
in trying to maintain our cause.
Col. Simpson of the N.J. 4th accom-
panied me. Some one [sic] has called him
“Our Havelock.”
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We moved this morning
at “sharp” four o’clock and reached
Cumberland this evening noon.
The Negroe [sic] women by the road
side dancing and singing from
exccesive [sic] joy at our arrival—
The alarm—Encampment in
a plowed field—Tents do not
come till late in the evening—
the General furious. Trip with Purdy, and the Union
refugee found when I was lost.
