We were paid off
this morning, after which there was a general settling up of accounts. I drew
$41.00; $25.00 advance bounty, one month's advance pay, and $3.00 premium for
re-enlisting. I expressed $25.00 home. It is very cold this morning, not more
than five or six degrees above zero. Towards noon the report came that we were
to be relieved. We were almost frozen, having no chance to fire up and keep
warm. These are the dark days of a soldier's experience.
SOURCE: Seth James
Wells, The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth J. Wells,
Including Weeks of Preparation and of Occupation After the Surrender, p. 28
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