It rained all day and we marched into Richmond early this
morning, taking shelter in cotton sheds, vacant houses, and any shed that would
turn water. The Third Brigade is quartered in gin houses and negro shacks.
White and I had a fine bed to sleep in last night. The land here is so nearly
on the dead level, that it is almost impossible to keep out of mud and water,
but we have plenty of cotton for bedding.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 111
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