Parisburg, [Pearisburg], May 9. Friday. — A lovely day.— No reinforcements yet; have asked for them in repeated dispatches. Strange. I shall be vigilant. Have planned the fight if it is to be done in the houses at night, and the retreat to the Narrows, if in daylight with artillery against us. The town can’t be held if we are attacked with artillery. Shameful! We have rations for thirty days for a brigade and tents and other property.
Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes.
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