We packed our knapsacks ready to be sent to La Grange, and
striking our tents started at 6 o’clock. We marched eighteen miles and went
into camp for the night. Our cavalry drove some five hundred rebels out of
Holly Springs this morning. The entire army is on the move and is in command of
General Grant. It is reported that we are to effect a junction with General
Sherman's army in the rear of Vicksburg.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 85
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