Warm and pleasant today. More troops passed down the river.
I commenced cooking for the captain and officers of our company.1 I
was considered a pretty good cook at home, but having so few utensils here, I
fear there will be quite a contrast.
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1 It seems that Private Downing was to get $5.00
per month as cook. See the entry for May 2d. — Ed.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 107
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