Thursday, November 28, 2013

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, January 29, 1863

We have plenty of wood now. At about 2 o'clock this afternoon a brisk fire opened between our men and the rebels. We have not yet heard what was the cause of it.1 A scouting party seventeen miles out from the city had a skirmish with the rebel cavalry, but there were no losses outside of several horses. A report came into camp that Port Hudson has been taken by our forces.
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1 This was down at Vicksburg, where there was some heavy cannonading between our gunboats and the Confederate batteries. — A. G. D.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 97

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