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could hear below us the report of canon from the Yankee guns as they fired down the gap. soon the firing ceased and we were ordered back. after having nearly reached the top of "The Blue Ridge." Our ascension of the mountain had caused the Yanks to allow us free passage through the Gap - On the march to the Gap we had been moving steadily on for 36 hours with half rations and but two hours rest during the whole time and after passing through the Gap we lay down about 12 at night and refreshed by sleep our exhausted limbs and excited minds as early dawn on morning of Aug 29th we moved forward.