May 13—Left here this morning and passed through Fredericksburg. Crossed the Rappahannock on pontoon bridges, and got to Belle Plain on the Potomac at 3 o’clock—nineteen miles to-day. It rained all day, and it is very muddy.
Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier by Louis Léon
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