Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, September 2, 1863

We left Bayou Mason at midnight and marched through to the river, eighteen miles, without stopping, reaching Goodrich's Landing at 7 o'clock this morning. General Stephenson planned our march so that we should pass through that terrible ten miles of hemp at night, thus avoiding the heat.1 Our brigade led in the march all the way. The day is very hot and sultry. General Logan's Division has taken the boats down the river for Vicksburg.
_______________

1 all were thankful to him for it; for, if there is such a place as hell, this piece of road is a sample of the road leading to Satan's residence. — A. G. D.

Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 139-40

No comments: