Nothing of importance. I went out to the branch a mile from
camp to do my washing. Burtis Rumsey of our company has been sick for about two
weeks and he begged me to take two of his shirts along and wash them for him,
so I did. I used a small camp kettle
which the company cook has set aside for boiling clothes. Some of the boys in
the company hire colored women to wash their clothes. I prefer to do my own
washing.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 54-5
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