It was my turn on the picket line today. Our picket post is three miles
below Vicksburg on the main road to Warrington, and I was stationed right on
the bank of the Mississippi. Our reserve post has one lieutenant, one sergeant,
two corporals and thirty privates. Six men under a sergeant go out on the
public highway from four to six miles, twice a day, to see that there are no
rebels advancing.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 150
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