Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Saturday, February 27, 1864

Pleasant but chilly. The Sixth Corps is on the move this morning for Madison Court House —  probably a reconnoissance. Governor Smith arrived in camp this forenoon. I started for picket about 4 p. m. to relieve the First Division of our Corps which is to accompany the Sixth Corps to Madison Court House; arrived on picket line at 2 a. m. Feb. 28.

SOURCE: Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864, p. 22