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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 106 (search)
and the advance brigade, under Colonel Burnside, was formed in close column and ordered to load. This was done with alacrity, and the men, when ordered forward, pressed on eagerly, singing Dixie and The Star Spangled banner. It was cheering to observe the enthusiasm exhibited by these volunteers, and quite amusing to hear their remarks, such as, We are going to open a mail route from Washington to Richmond; We have come to Virginia to find a place to settle; We mean to bag Beauregard and Jeff Davis; We are the pacificators; They won't wait for us, &c. From the inside of this fortification the village of Fairfax Court House was plainly in sight; thither the command proceeded. At the outskirts of the village a small American flag, used as a guide mark by the Fourteenth New York Regiment, had been planted. It was saluted with cheers by the passing regiments. The rebel flag was still flying at the Court House when the advance of the division, with the band of the First Rhode Island