The Eleventh Iowa was ordered to move across the river,
which we did this afternoon and went into camp on a low piece of ground. Our
regiment is to guard the railroad track for four miles. We have to go on duty
every other day and have to see that the rebels do not come and tear up the
track.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 62
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