I was sent out on picket duty today and everything is quite
still along the line. It is also quiet at the front, except along General
Logan's Division, where the rebel sharpshooters are trying to silence our
batteries. News came that Port Hudson had not been taken, and that instead
General Hooker was falling back. The little news we get from the Potomac is
discouraging, but since we are so sure of a victory here at Vicksburg, we can
stand discouraging reports from the Potomac.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 124
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