Company E went out on picket this morning. I did not
accompany them, as I had another chill yesterday and was not strong enough to
go. The teams brought in our poles, lumber and planks and those of us left in
camp worked all day building bunks and putting up the brush shades in front of
the tents.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 142
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