Excerpt from Battle-Fields of the South, Bull Run to Fredericksburg, Vol. 2 of 2: With Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps
On Friday, the 30th of May, our camps presented nothing unusual, nor were any movements in progress that indicated the early commencement of hostilities. During the night, a thunderstorm of unusual violence shook the heavens, and rain fell so heavily that the whole face of the country was deluged with water. The men in camp were exposed to all the violence of the storm, and the roads were rendered impassable, with mud three feet deep. The enemy were even worse off than ourselves, as the bottom lands at the head of the Chickahominy were flooded, and the stream itself much swollen. Active operations on, their right were impossible.
Early in the morning (Saturday, May 31st) it was whispered that Johnson intended attacking their left, but in answer to the inquiry, "In such weather?"
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