We left Oak Ridge and covering but ten miles went into
bivouac on the banks of Heff river. Some of the men on account of the bad water
and climate are suffering with the chills and fever. The boys were raiding all
the sweet potato patches they found along the way, today.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 139
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