Neese predicts: “About to-morrow Old Stonewall will show them how it is done.” The next day will see the battle of Cross Keys.
June 7 — This morning we moved about three miles in the direction of Port Republic, then halted and remained in marching order all day, waiting for some war fruit, blooming all about us, to ripen.
Right from where I am writing I saw a signal flag on the summit of Peaked Mountain waving with a jerky fluttering nearly all day, which is generally a sure sign that a battle is getting ripe enough to open. I am not certain, but think that it is a Yank signal, and perhaps it is General Shields — as I heard to-day that he is moving up the Luray Valley — signaling to Fremont to hold the fort. About to-morrow Old Stonewall will show them how it is done.
