Our brigade started for Vicksburg this afternoon. We covered
five miles and went into bivouac. It is extremely hot, and having had no rain
for so long, the roads are very dusty. Our entire army is falling back to
Vicksburg.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 130-1
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