Detailed for picket duty. Posted about two miles up the river, between the
river and the canal, on the tow path. Our company, C, and the Loudon Rangers
ordered to ford the river for a scout into Virginia. Returned quite late.
Nothing important obtained. Bad time of the year to ford rivers. Snow squalls
still greet us. It doesn't last very long, but helps to increase the
circulation of the mud. Campfire burning all the time. We often burn our
clothes by keeping too close to it. We live close to the earth. In warm weather
we have a better show to keep clean, bathe, and wash our clothes.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary, 1862-1865, of
Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 47
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