{"id":273,"date":"2012-03-06T09:51:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=273"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:30","slug":"march-11-12-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/03\/06\/march-11-12-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"March 11-12, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nMarch<\/span> 11, 1862
\nFairfax Courthouse, Va.
\nWe<\/span> reached here yesterday
\nafternoon about 4 oclk. As we ascended
\nthe high hill just outside of the
\ntown and caught the first glimpse
\nof the rebel earthworks the men
\nbroke into cheers.
\nOff<\/span> to our right we could
\nsee other troops filing into the town
\nand this morning I learn that
\nPorter\u2019s Division is also here. A
\ncontraband rode into camp last
\nevening bringing intelligence that
\nboth Centerville and Manassas
\nwere evacuated. The former may
\nbe but I don\u2019t believe the latter is.
\nWe had a rough night of it.
\nJimmie carried his pack very
\nwell and stands the exposure much
\nbetter than I expected he would.
\nImmediately after pitching our
\ntent last evening I started out<\/p>\n
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to bathe my feet. Not a long
\ndistance from camp I found
\na stream of water and this
\nmorning I feel the good effects
\nof that wash.
\nAfter<\/span> breakfast this morning
\nI started out in company with Lt. Lyon
\nto see the town. We visited the Court
\nHouse and a few other buildings.
\nI also visited the rebel earthworks
\nand from both places brought away
\nsouvenirs.
\nMajor<\/span> Scammon could not
\nfind a canteen when he left camp
\nbut this morning he got one which
\nis marked 14th Miss, Vols.
\nHave<\/span> been talking with the
\ncontraband who came in last
\nevening. He is very intelligent and
\nreplies promptly to all questions. While conversing with him 18 other
\ncontrabands passed up the road<\/p>\n

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Kearny is ahead with his brigade.
\nMcClellan just rode by with his staff.
\nOfficial report is said to have come
\nthis morning from McDowell who
\nis at Manassas of the evacuation
\nof that place by the enemy.<\/p>\n

March<\/span> 12th 1869
\nWe<\/span> still remain at
\nFairfax Court House. The evacu-
\nation of Manassas by the enemy
\nis confirmed and our pickets, it
\nis said now extend fifteen
\nmiles beyond. This is great
\nnews. Manassas has indeed
\nbeen made a second Bowling
\nGreen as I predicted a few
\nweeks since. Now everything
\nis at a stand still and fears
\nare beginning to be expressed
\nfor the safety of Burnside.
\nRelief will undoubtedly be<\/p>\n

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sent to him at once.
\nThe<\/span> news of Genl. Curtises [sic]
\nvictory in Arkansas has reached
\nus and all of course feel
\nrejoiced. Ben McCullough is dead
\nand without doubt Secession
\nhas received its death blow in
\nthe South West. It is all in
\nvain that Beauregard repairs
\nto Island No. 10. His ablest efforts
\ncannot win for the cause of
\nthe rebellion [Carrot<\/em>: any substantial success] so long as Buel [?]
\nand Grant pierce the centre
\nand Curtis and Sigel turn their
\nleft wing.
\nThis<\/span> Rebellion is on its
\nlast legs. Nothing can make
\nit prosper. Firey [sic] Southerners may
\ntalk of being exterminated,
\nbut they like to live as well
\nas any other people and they
\nhave too much judgement<\/p>\n

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to pour out their lives for nothing.
\n* * * * *<\/span>
\nWhile<\/span> conversing with a young
\nman yesterday who resides on
\nthe street where the Court House
\nstands I learned many interesting
\nfacts concerning the rebels, their
\nnumber, their purpose, and their
\nspirit.
\nHe<\/span> said that the rebels
\nmaintained and a large number
\nfirmly believed that we were
\ngoing to free their negroes. And
\nso they felt as though they were
\nfighting for their homes and
\ntheir all. These two impressions
\nI labored to convince him were
\nentirely wrong. And it is plain
\nthey are the cause of the stout
\nresistance which is made against
\nour arms.<\/p>\n

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March<\/span> 12
\nFairfax Court Hse. cont’d<\/span>
\nLieut<\/span> Atwood has just
\nloaned me some ink and
\nso I will try once more to
\nwrite with the ordinary appliances.*[Written in margin<\/em>:The pencillings (sic) on the previous 6 pages having become quite dim have been written over with ink. (R.C.S.)]
\nThere<\/span> is much speculation as
\nto what is to be done with us
\nsome maintaining that we shall
\nsoon return to camp, and others
\nthat we shall push forward
\ntomorrow.
\nWhat<\/span> will really be done
\nwith us is I think extremely
\ndoubtful.
\nOne<\/span> of our company (H),
\npicked up a roll of skin plasters [?]
\nin the rebel entrenchments
\nyesterday.
\nThis<\/span> morning a flock
\nof geese passed over us flying
\npretty low. It was not many<\/p>\n

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seconds before they were seen.
\nThen the soldiers began to shout
\nand pretty soon a rifle was
\ndischarged, and as the flock
\npassed over a cavalry troop
\nas many as a dozen shots
\nwere fired at them. But not
\none took effect.
\nReports<\/span> continue to reach
\nus of the evacuation of Centerville
\nand Manassas. It hardly seems
\npossible.
\n* * *<\/span>
\nThere<\/span>is no doubt of it now.
\nHundreds of our troops have visited
\nthe old battle grounds, and returned
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