Monday, May 26, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, July 27, 1863

Our brigade started for Vicksburg at 4 o'clock this afternoon. We moved only four miles, when we stopped for the night. The country is very rough and the heavy rains have made the roads very muddy.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 132

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