Nov. 20—Six miles on saddle, twelve on wagon, five on foot.
Nov. 21—Wagon and ambulance to Mt. Crawford. Spend night in Baptist church with fifty or sixty sick men. Pray with them. All seem to feel. Many happy. Almost all of them Christians.
Nov. 22—Take stage at 3 a. m. Pass Willow Pump—a curiosity. Some one had planted a willow post near a gate on the roadside to discharge the water from an underground pipe, the willow sprouted, made quite a tree and still discharged the water. Such a blessing to thirsty soldiers. Take cars to Staunton and reach Richmond.
Nov. 23—Miss Wilmington train at Weldon and go on to Raleigh. Hear sermon at M. E. church and greet. several friends warmly. Call on Mrs. Seaton Gales and pay her $250 from her husband. Lovely woman. Children all sick with scarlet fever, and her husband far away. Sleep on parlor floor in W. T. Bain’s hotel.
Nov. 24—Pass Goldsboro and Wilmington. Leave cars at Brinkley’s. Walk to Dr. Buie’s. He gives me buggy to Capt. Jo. Green’s. He gives me a good horse and saddle to D. D. Allen’s.