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112 Warrens Raid

the 1st Maine Cavelry and wrote a letter to father telling him about Prentis. I saw Tim Drue and he was well.

7th We took up a line of march southward on the plank road, the cavelry in the advanse. We marched all day and it rained quite hard. We stoped near the Natamay river and camped for the night.

8th The pontoon bridges being completed we were out at two o'clock in the morning and crossed the river as it was raining a shower, and marched to near Susex court house and made coffee and lunched. Started again marched to near the Weldon R.R. and cooked coffee, then moved to the R.R. and comensed tearing it up and turning it over as a plow does a furrow. We worked half the night and then lay down to rest a tired set of men you may believe.

9th Fair and cold and high wind. Our regt started up the R.R. to the Northwest to cover the rear of our troops as they moved down the R.R. toward North Carolina. After the troops had all moved off we followed them. We soon came to the second corps and passed them, and halted in the field