The weather is quite cool. I was detailed this morning to
work on the fortifications. We are building the platforms, upon which will be
mounted the large cannon, just outside of the forts and rifle pits. These are
elevated from five to ten feet above the common level of the ground and then
floored so that in wet weather the gunners will not have to be in the mud. A
few nice residences have to be pulled down to make room for the works, but
nothing like that we had to do at Vicksburg.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 243
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