We reached Boonville at sunup, and landing, remained there
about two hours, when we again boarded the boat and crossed to the other side
of the river. We lay on the boat here till dark, when Company E and three other
companies started for Boonesboro, seven or eight miles distant. Reaching the
town we surrounded it and waited for daylight. On our way out we marched
through some very heavy timber, where the sound of our tramping and the rattle
of our bayonets aroused the many wood owls, and of all the hideous noises I
ever listened to — it made my hair stand on end!
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 24
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