First day of winter;
rained in torrents all night; we were without shelter and had to take the
soaking. I kept one side of myself dry at a time by standing in front of large
log fire-when my back was dry I would turn around and dry the front of my body.
Part of the time I slept sitting against a tree with my rubber blanket over my
head, while my legs got soaked. About 2 o'clock we saw a large light to the
south of us which proved to be a bridge which the rebels had set on fire as our
troops got up to it. This morning I had a daylight view of the different camps;
the sun was shining, making the scene a beautiful one.
SOURCE: Joseph
Stockton, War Diary (1862-5) of Brevet Brigadier General Joseph
Stockton, p. 5
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