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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Twelfth Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. (search)
the main road to Washington City, passing through Urbana, Hyattstown, and other small places. It was a severe march. At Washington city. We passed through Rockville, and marched, under a very hot sun, towards Washington. Halted two miles from the inner fortifications, where we were exposed to a close and rapid shelling allvy battalions from Grant, ten times our small number, who could have readily forced us to abandon it. About 12 o'clock at night we commenced falling back towards Rockville, and, I regret to say, our march was brilliantly illuminated by the burning of the magnificent Blair mansion. The destruction of the house was much deplored by rear guard, or by some careless soldier stationed about the house. Marched in retreat the remainder of the night, passed through the friendly southern town of Rockville and halted near Darnestown. At dusk we commenced marching, via Poolsville, to White's Ferry on the Potomac. Did not march over five miles the entire night, tho