spot on the tablets of our memory.

CHAPTER X.

HOMEWARD BOUND.

General Morgan's division, of the 14th Corps, led out from its camp at
Holly Springs at half past five o'clock on the morning of the 29th of
April, and marching to the railroad camped near it, eight miles west of
Raleigh, at Page's Station, where it procured supplies for its homeward
march.

Remaining at this place until the 1st of May, it took up the march for
the city of Richmond, and crossing the Neuse river at Fisher's Dam,
camped on the first night four miles north of this dam and twenty miles
from Oxford, after a hard march of twenty-two miles.

The column led out of camp the next morning at five o'clock A.M., and
passing through Oxford, camped three miles north, marching twenty-three
miles. Led out of camp on the morning of the 3rd, and being cut off by
the 3rd division of the 20th Corps, made a forced march round it, and
came in ahead of its advance, but Morgan gave the road; then continuing
on, camped on the Roanoke river, four miles into Virginia, having
marched about eighteen miles.

Led out of camp on the 4th at half past three A.M., and crossing the
Roanoke river at Faylor's Ferry, six miles above Huskington, on a
pontoon bridge, marched through Boydton and camped on the Meherrin
river. Marched twenty-three miles. Led out at five o'clock A.M. on the
5th; crossed Little and Big Meherrin rivers, and marching through
Lewiston, crossed Nottoway river and camped four miles from Nottoway
C.H., having marched twenty-seven miles over bad roads. Resumed the
march on the 6th at half past four o'clock, passing through Nottoway
C.H. and Dennisville, camped late at night at Good's Bridge on the
Appomattox river, having made a hard march of thirty miles under the
pressure of a warm day.

Crossed the Appomattox river on the 7th, and marching camped on Falling
creek, five miles from Richmond. Made twenty-five miles. Now ended the
march until the 11th.

It was a race between the corps commanders of Slocum's wing. Sherman
ordered his Generals not to march over fifteen miles per day, but
instead, General Davis made from twenty-two to thirty. It was an
imposition of the worst feature, for many a good soldier was killed
that might not have been, all for a foot race.

On this march the Eighty-sixth traveled one hundred and sixty-one miles
over a beautiful country, in the latter part of spring, everything
assuming a lovely aspect; and had the mar