We left bivouac at
8 o'clock this morning, but owing to the roads, we moved very slowly, making
only twelve miles before going into camp. Just before our regiment started into
bivouac, we were ordered to stack arms and help our teams across a narrow
swamp. We went about a half mile for rails, each man carrying from two to four,
to corduroy the road so that the artillery and wagons could cross. Our cavalry
had a skirmish with the rebels at noon today, when passing through Marlow
Station, and captured a train of cars by cutting the railroad before the rebels
could get the train past the station. We drew two days' rations today, with
orders to make them last five days.
Source: Alexander
G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary,
p. 235
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