It is quite still along the lines today and there is no news
of importance. Some troops were sent out in the rear today, and our regiment
received orders to be ready to march at any time. It is thought that Johnston
is trying to break the siege by attempting to make a move from the Big Black
river, and by Pemberton's striking our lines at the same time and place, they
hope to effect a union and escape. But General Grant is leaving nothing open.
He has ordered the felling of large trees across the highways to prevent the
moving of their artillery.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 123
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