We started at 8 this morning, and marched eighteen miles. We
cannot get much sleep at night because the army is so large; it is about 10
o'clock every night before we get into camp. But the weather is quite cool and
the roads are good for marching. We went into bivouac for the night in a large
vacant field. We passed through some rich farming country today, which the
foraging parties had not found. The farms have good buildings and fences, and
the crops are bountiful.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 80
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