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Jacob Harrison Allspaugh diary, January 1865-July 1865
1865-03-07 Page 02
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At 1 PM we moved across finding the river 373 yds with and a very fine stream. Our place of crossing was 5 m from Cheraw and 7 from Hailey's Ferry, above. The enemy had fortified at H's Ferry expecting us to cross there but we crossed here, a place where there was no ferry. On the East side we found excellent country and abundance of forage. and by the aid of good roads, made 10 miles in a Nor-East direction Killpatrick find quite a force in his front and is fighting continually Camped in a forest of giant pines, all of which were topped for making tar,
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At 1 PM we moved across finding the river 373 yds with and a very fine stream. Our place of crossing was 5 m from Cheraw and 7 from Hailey's Ferry, above. The enemy had fortified at H's Ferry expecting us to cross there but we crossed here, a place where there was no ferry. On the East side we found excellent country and abundance of forage. and by the aid of good roads, made 10 miles in a Nor-East direction Killpatrick find quite a force in his front and is fighting continually Camped in a forest of giant pines, all of which were topped for making tar,
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