The main army moved only eight miles today, when it went
into camp for the remainder of the day and night. This is to give the Sixteenth
Corps time to cross the river. Our brigade was the first to cross the river,
and we went on as far as Canton, about fifteen miles north of Jackson. Here we
went into camp and are waiting for the army to catch up. All is quiet. The
weather is quite warm. Peach trees are in bloom and the wild grapes are getting
green.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 170
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