One hundred and fifty prisoners captured at Grand Gulf were
taken past here this morning; they all looked quite downhearted. A large train
of provisions passed here for the army below. The roads are drying fast, which
is making the hauling and marching better. The boys are all anxious to leave
this place and move to the front. This is a low, unhealthy locality. An old
negro here has picked up more than a thousand overcoats and blankets and is
storing them away in his hut. These are thrown aside by the men marching out
from the landing. On becoming warm and getting tired of their loads, they begin
to unload about the first day's march.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 113
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