We lay in camp all
day. The day was spent in washing, cleaning and mending our clothes. The long
march is beginning to tell on our clothing and shoes. My shoes are whole yet,
but owing to so much sand, and wading through water, my feet are sore. My right
foot is worn through on the bottom, and my toes are wet with blood every day.
We are now within forty-five miles of Savannah, Georgia, and about ninety miles
from Charleston, South Carolina. We can hear the large guns roaring from both
places. The rebels are still retreating before us without much fighting. We are
still in a rich country for foraging. Each regiment sends out its foraging
party and we have plenty of sweet potatoes and fresh pork; We will have better
roads now for marching as we approach Savannah. All is quiet in the rear of the
army.
Source: Alexander
G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary,
p. 235
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