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I arrived here this morning about ten o'clock. My trip was all very pleasant, except when I passed through Petersburg and Richmond -- both those places are so crowded. The citizens of the latter place are greatly alarmed for fear their city will be captured.
We are close to the enemy now, but there is no certainty of our having a big fight soon. Captain Hunt's men shot at the Yankees this morning while on picket duty. The report about our losing ten men is true. The Yankee cavalry came across the Rappahannock River and captured them.