Our regiment had to fall in line of battle this morning at 2
o’clock so that if the rebels should attack us they would not find us in our
beds. The rebels did not appear and a big detail was put to work on the
fortifications. When these works are completed a small force can hold them
against a force five times the size.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 66
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