June 16 — We received ammunition for the first gun yesterday evening, and early this morning we left camp for the front, to rejoin the rest of the battery. We passed Beaver Dam Station early this morning, then marched in an eastern direction all day; we forded the North Anna river at Alexander’s mill just above Chilesburg, a small village in the southwestern edge of Caroline County. We passed St. Paul’s Church, situated in a beautiful grove half mile east of Chilesburg. We marched hard all day. Camped this evening at Mount Carmel Church, in Caroline County, about six miles north of Hanover Junction.
Three Years in the Confederate Horse Artillery — George Michael Neese.
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