We left Decatur early this morning and marched fifteen miles
before going into bivouac. The Sixteenth Corps corralled their train and
leaving a brigade to guard it pushed forward after the rebels. Skirmishing in
the front continued and was brisk at times. The weather is pleasant and the
roads are fine for marching. There is still plenty of forage along the way.
This morning I saw a woman with her children forcibly moved out of her
residence, all the household goods and the house set on fire. The deed was
ordered by our officers, for they had been informed that her husband was out in
the brush with his rifle, killing Union soldiers at every opportunity. The
plantation home had the appearance of wealth.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 168
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