Being off duty I got a pass this afternoon and went to town.
The quartermaster drew wedge tents for the regiment and clothing for some of
the men. I drew a new haversack costing fifty-six cents. Our army is in good
condition in equipment, provisions, clothing and munitions of war, and the
health of the men is good with the exception of the new regiments, in which
there are many sick. The work on the canal continues, with about a week's work
to complete it; we still have the large force of negroes on the job.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 103
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