We camped by the river last night, and early this morning
started for Haines's Bluff. We marched along some fine cornfields. We reached
Haines's Bluff in the afternoon, and went into bivouac to the south of that
place. We were as far east as Mechanicsville, forty-two miles from Vicksburg. On
this raid we burned some fine plantation houses and other improvements. I saw
only one residence left standing, and that was where the family had the courage
to remain at home. The weather has been hot and the roads dusty.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 119
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