We are still on guard at the big cut, with cartridge boxes
on and muskets by our sides. It was reported that the rebels were coming to
attack us last night and there was no sleep for us. They did not come, but I
hope that they will not deceive us any more.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 66
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