We lay here at Bayou Mason all day to rest. The boys are
very tired after marching for twelve days, with the weather much of the time so
fearfully hot. Then on account of the bad water, exposure and fatigue, a large
number are sick, many of them not able to carry their accouterments, while
others are too sick to walk and have to be hauled. The boys made the sweet
potatoes suffer today. Received orders to start tonight at midnight and march
to the Mississippi river.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 139
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