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December 1862
Saturday 20th
Wind N Clear & excessively cold. Got Wood
Raked & hauled Pine litter to Farm Pen.
I went to Ct House. Our victory at Fredericksburg
was a glorious one. Burnside has recrossed the Rapk.
River with the remainder of his forces & no one knows
where he has gone to. His loss was by reliable estimates
between Eighteen and Twenty Thousand. Ours by Genl
Lees official report since the opperations began around
Frederickbg. about Eighteen hundred.
Sunday 21
Wind SW Clear & moderated but still very cold.
I rode to Sister Anns & Mr Sinclairs in mg.
Monday 22
Wind W & SW Clear. Killed a Beef & a Mutton
Got Wood. Repaired Water fences. I went over the River
to get some salt for Ned Casy & Old Mr Pointer and came
very near being caught by a Yankee Gun Boat returning.
Tuesday 23
Wind SW Clear. Getting Wood. Raking Pine litter
A Yankee Steamer lying off Cucus Bay all day. She Took
Tom Ransone’s & Jessee Thomass Canves when going to Mill
and set the hands ashore on Turtle creek.
I went to Wilsons Creek.
