Hardy Company * Petersburg.
We start marching early, are making good time and arrive at noon in Petersburg. We are marching past General Fremont who is, as soon as our Regiment arrives, reviewing our Brigade, therefore we had hardly time to clean up and almost made a sorrowful appearance.
He is riding full speed behind our front so that neither we, nor the other Regiments had a chance to greet him with cheers. His Aide DeCamp "Savvony", a Hungarian, is riding a gorgeous white horse with whom he is flying ahead so one can hardly see the hoofs of the horse touching the ground. Fremont's Body Regiment Cavalry has horses of chosen beauty so that every man has the appearance of an officer. Moreover one sees in his company, preferably while marching, a squadron of civilians partly elegantly equip and all on excellent horses and armed with sharps rifles. (Virginia Home Guard?) Indiana Cavalry adventurous like Spaniards with large estates. Fremont's persona; appearance and bearing unpretentious. Shoulderstraps with two stars.
Rest for one day.
In the evening a bottle of red wine for ninety cents.
Blum from the Quartermaster office arrives, but has no information on mine in Fairfax left behind and burned things.
Landmann was taken to Hunters Chapel.
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