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30 We left this place on the 18th of May, moved only a few miles and encamped in a wheat field. However this day we passed through New Kent C. H. which in truth is nothing but a Court House and jail. and miserable things they both are. Nevertheless there is one object of interest even in this insignificant county seat. I allude to an oat tree. I have seen several larger oaks. What then is interesting about this oak tree? Nothing but the unparalleled spread of its branches. We all agreed that it could not be less than 100 feet from the extremities of one limb to the extremities of its opposite neighbor. Its top seemed nearly round resembling an umbrella. Its leaves and branches were very thick forming a delightful shade in which our entire Regt. 800 rested while they talked of its grandeur.