I went on guard again. The boys are having high times today;
all having plenty of money, they are making it lively in camp. But those on
guard duty are having hard work because of the hot weather; for with dress coat
buttoned up, all accouterments strapped on, and carrying musket at right
shoulder shift, one can easily see what warm work it is walking the beat.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 61
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