We pitched our tents and built our bunks today. It had
rained all night and rained some more this afternoon. The men are not pleased
with this camp ground, as it is low and level. There will be a great many on
the sick list if we remain here. On account of the dry weather all summer, the
springs no longer furnish the branch with running water, and we are compelled
to get our drinking water from a stagnant pool. Our former camp here in
Corinth, which we left in July, was on high ground and all had hoped that we
would be permitted to occupy that spot, but we were disappointed in that — such
is the life of a soldier.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 69
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