We left bivouac this morning at 6 o’clock and moved on to
within a mile of Memphis, where we went into camp. The day was cloudy,
threatening rain, and by evening had turned quite cool, with a high wind
blowing. The ground being very rough here, the setting up of our tents was
pretty slow work.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 94
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