Relieved from picket
this morning. It was quite cold last night. I was on an outpost and our detail
consisted of a sergeant, a corporal and twelve privates. We took turns standing
on vedette, one hour at a time.
Source: Alexander G.
Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary,
p. 158
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