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Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, July, 1863. (search)
ch is the Great Officer? Our milch cows are now going. To all which expressions Longstreet replied, shaking his head in a melancholy manner--Yes, madam, it's very sad-very sad; and this sort of thing has been going on in Virginia more than two years-very sad. We all slept in the open, and the heavy rain produced no effect upon our slumbers. I understand it is impossible to cross the lines by flag of truce. I therefore find myself in a dilemma about the expiration of my leave. 6th July, 1863 (Monday). Several horses were stolen last night, mine nearly so. It is necessary to be very careful, in order to prevent this misfortune. We started at 6.30, but got on very slowly, so blocked up was the road with wagons, some of which had been captured and burnt by the enemy yesterday. It now turned out that all Ewell's wagons escaped except thirty-eight, although, at one time, they had been all in the enemy's hands. At 8.30 we halted for a couple of hours, and Generals Lee, Lo