AUGUST 2, 1863:
The Army
of The Potomac and The Army of Northern Virginia encamp on opposite sides of the
Rappahannock River, which in places is less than 60 yards wide. Richard Henry
Brooks, a Confederate, writes home to his wife about conditions in camp:
"...our fair (sic) is very hard it
is the hardest fair we have ever had since we have bin in the war. I think the
war can not last much longer. We have not been whiped yet but the yanks is a
whiping our army every where else an I think we will soon have to give it up.
they have got so many more soldiers than we have got it is thought among us
that we will soon have to give it up an if we ever have to give up I want us to
do it now before any more of us gets killed. ..."
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