We drew some clothing today; I got a rubber poncho, which
cost $2.50. It is about three by six feet, with eyelets every six inches all
around the edges, so by four men going together in bivouac and putting their
ponchos over a pole resting on two forks, they will have a roof that will turn
rain better than any canvas roof. They are good, heavy rubber cloth.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 69
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