Nothing of importance. Much of our time in camp is taken up
with the question of rations. During this hot weather the regular army rations
are drawn, but the men use very little of the salt bacon. But the bacon being
issued, the company cook takes care of it and now has a wagon load of it
stacked up beside his tent, anyone being permitted to go and help himself to
it. At noon the company cook prepares the bean soup and cooks the pickled beef,
after which he calls out for every man to come and get his portion. All the
other rations are issued every five days, each man carrying his portion in his
haversack. We have had no Irish potatoes issued for eight months now, but fresh
beef we draw, sometimes twice a week, and it is cooked for us by the company
cook. The rations are all of good quality with the exception of crackers, which
at times are a little worm-eaten.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 58-9
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