We started early this morning and after reaching Brandon,
about thirteen miles east of Jackson, went into bivouac about a mile from the
town. There was no skirmishing in the front today, the rebels rapidly falling
back. Our men set fire to the town this evening and burned almost the whole
town. Most of the citizens had fled from the place before our forces entered.
We captured a great quantity of tobacco here.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 167
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