Our brigade marched out early this morning and relieved the
First Brigade at the railroad bridge across the Oconee river, the rebels being
just beyond. We burned the bridge and after waiting there a short time, got
orders to march back to Toomsboro, which place we reached by 7 p. m. From there
we started for Hawkins Ford, some ten miles distant, and after marching six
miles went into bivouac. The Fitteenth Corps came in on the same road in order
to cross the river by our pontoon bridge, which the engineers commenced to
build late in the evening, after our men had driven the rebels from the river —
they had to leave or be taken prisoners.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 231-2
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