Our regiment is out on picket today. It rained all day. We
seldom see any of the rebel cavalry in this locality, yet we always maintain a
strong picket line so as not to be taken by surprise. We are expecting them to
make a raid upon Corinth any time.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 58
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