The weather is quite cool and the boys are beginning to fix
up for winter by siding up the tents and building chimneys. There is some
prospect of our brigade having to remain here for the winter. The Second
Brigade of our division is still at Natchez. We are raising our tents and bunks
about twenty-four inches from the ground. The openings around the tents we
close up with boards torn from buildings, and having the wedge tent which
accommodates four, we build our bunks for two men, one on either side, with the
fireplace and chimney in the rear between the bunks. This makes a pretty good
house for winter quarters.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 144
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