July 25th, 1861

July 25th, 1861

Gordon, Stephen

1861-07-25

Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, "FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961"

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July 25th Saturday After feeding the train started on passed through the town of Warrenton about half past eleven parked just out of the town on the south side of it. Issued two days of light rations and one of pork. General Meades headquarters are near us. Warrenton is a very nice place but it is a regualar secesh place. the inhabitants will take confederate money before they will greenbacks there is some very nice places in the tow~ but there is a good many deserted houses which give it a bad look to the place. Between eight and nine oclock at night there come up the hardest shower that I ever saw in Virginia. The wind blew awful hard.

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