The quartermaster placed a strong guard around the corral
where the provision wagons were parked last night. But some of the boys of my
company and of Company K were determined to have something to eat without
waiting on the slowly-moving formalities. They slipped through the guard line
in the night to the wagons and succeeded in getting away well loaded, having
secured a small chest of tea and two boxes of crackers, which they divided
among the boys of the two companies before daylight. Expecting Van Dorn's
cavalry to make a dash into town today, we formed a line of battle at 2 o'clock
and awaited the attack. But no cavalry appeared, and in the evening all our teams
with a strong guard were sent out to forage corn and fodder.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 91-2
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