Nothing of importance today. The weather is very warm. The
entire army is engaged on the fortifications and in felling trees, and besides
picket duty we have to keep the camp clean and our accouterments polished.
Every man has his rifle in readiness.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 57
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