We had ten or twelve teams at work all day hauling wood to
the boats. I worked till noon with the detail of men hauling wood and loading
the transports, while the other detail was on picket. In the afternoon our
detail was on picket and the others completed the loading. We were called in
from picket at sundown and with all on board the transports started on the
return trip, reaching our camp a little before midnight.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 97
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