Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, February 23, 1863

General Logan's division arrived today, accompanied by the Seventeenth Engineers' Corps with pontoon bridges.  They bring the news that our men are still throwing shells into Vicksburg, and that the rebels are vacating the place. Our quartermaster went out into the country with the teams and brought in nineteen loads of cotton.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 101-2