We went into winter quarters here, and that with the
intention of cleaning the “secesh” out of this part of the country. Our company
is the only one here, and our captain is in command of the post. There are but
few houses in this place, and we are quartered in a vacant storeroom, one-half
the company upstairs, the other below. We who are below built our bunks on the
counters, one on each side of the room. We keep two picket posts at night, ten
men at each post, on the sides where the railroad enters. We also have a day
patrol on the railroad.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 26-7
No comments:
Post a Comment