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A rare group I assure you, & I rode away
on a swift gallop to overtake
my friends, thanking the Lord too!
for his grace to these least of his disciples
& even now the passage rings in
my ears _"I have been young and now
am old yet have I once seen
the righteous forsaken nor his seed
begging bread." During the day I went
quite into the abandoned fortifications
of the enemy on our left & could
see distinctly where our cannon that
had riddled their dwellings &
warehouses across the river. About
three miles of their work along Warwick river
seem to be abandoned & I see no reason why we could not pass around their flank. They
are evidently concentrating near Yorktown & in defense of York river
the possession of which they very
well know we exceedingly covet .

Am putting all the Regiments in connection with either with my depot
at Washington or Fortress Monroe
& to miscellaneous corps who do not
get mails regularly & distribute personally