We struck our tents and at 3 o'clock in a heavy rain
embarked on board the “Platte Valley.” We had all the supplies loaded by dark
and during the night left for Milliken's Bend to join the other brigades. The
boys all feel very fine.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 110
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