One reason why we did not go to Richmond

[ca. 1861–1865]

From "War Memories" catalog: There were many reasons why we did not go to Richmond as soon as we expected to. This is one of the reasons; there were lots of just such reasons as this all along up the James River. This is one of the many guns which the Rebels had in Fort Darling, which commanded the river approaches for a long distance. The Rebels used to shout across to our pickets, that before we could get to Richmond we had a Longstreet to travel, a big Hill to climb, and a Stonewall to get over; but we "got there just the same."