We got into motion
early this morning and marched twenty miles. We bivouacked for the night within
twenty-six miles of Vicksburg and not far from our forces at Big Black river
bridge. The rebels ceased following us today. The weather and roads were fine for
marching.
Source: Alexander
G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary,
p. 171
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