We
moved but ten miles today, when we went into bivouac. Our men are foraging on
the way, especially for meat, of which there is a plenty of fresh pork. Some of
the foraging parties sent out today were captured and roughly used by the
rebels. General McPherson had his headquarters in a large mansion on a rich
plantation today. There had been hundreds of slaves on this plantation, but all
the able-bodied negro men were taken along by the rebels for their army.
Source:
Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War
Diary, p. 167
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