We moved our camp
about a half mile onto higher ground this morning. The quartermaster had our
lumber and wood hauled from the old camp and we worked all day pitching our
tents and rebuilding the bunks, fireplaces and chimneys. It has been a busy day
with us, although it is the Lord's Day, but a true soldier cannot halt when duty
calls. I was very thankful that I did not have to be on the picket line, so
that I could have a hand in fixing up our tent.
Source: Alexander G.
Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary,
p. 150
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