Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Within three-quarters of a mile of Kelly’s ford–Diary of Josiah Marshall Favill (as recorded by one of his clerks).

November 7, 2013

Diary of a Young Officer–Josiah Marshall Favill (57th New York Infantry)

November 7th. At break of day the whole corps marched to Warrenton Junction, thence via Bealton Station and Morrisville, to within three-quarters of a mile of Kelly’s ford; arrived there at 5 P. M. and went into bivouac for the night; marched twenty-one miles in the face of a frightful wind and blinding clouds of dust heard heavy cannonading towards evening in front, where the cavalry are pushing the advance. Another battle supposed to be imminent.

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