We came in this morning at 10 o'clock from an all night
picket along the Big Black river. We were relieved by General Tuttle's Brigade.
Our brigade then fell back a mile and went into bivouac in heavy timber. The
rebels all left last night, it is thought, for Jackson, Mississippi, with the
forces of Sherman and Ord in pursuit of them. Sherman passed us, crossing the
Big Black at Messenger's ford, while Ord's army crossed the river over the
railroad bridge. There is great rejoicing in camp over the fall of Vicksburg
and the boys are singing songs and celebrating.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 127
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