We started this morning at sunup and arrived at General
Sherman's headquarters at 10 o'clock. Two regiments of Sherman's army came out
to reinforce our train guard. They feared that the rebels' cavalry would make a
raid on the train before we could reach the main army. We arrived safely
without losing a single wagon. Cannonading is going on quite lively from both
sides. Good water is very scarce here, and the few wells and cisterns which we
can draw upon are crowded all the time; I stood with two canteens for more than
an hour waiting for my turn.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 128
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