We lay here in bivouac at Black river bridge all day, and we
are glad for the chance to rest and clean our clothes. The cars from Vicksburg
can run only to the river, since the bridge is burned and the railroad track is
torn up for five miles east of the river. A train load of provisions came out
from Vicksburg today, and a part of the provisions and ammunition have been
loaded upon wagons and started with an escort for Jackson.1
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1 The men generally dreaded this kind of service,
for it was exceedingly dangerous. Then, too, much of the journey had to be made
on the run — but it is a soldier's business to obey orders and do the best he
can. — A. G. D.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 129
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