It is cloudy and misty, and suffocating smoke is settling
over our camp at times — and there is no end of mud. There is no news of any
importance and we lay in camp all day, with no drill or dress parade. We are
expecting orders to board the transports for Huntsville, Alabama. I went down
town this afternoon to purchase a few articles. Things are awfully dear here.
The soldiers are all supplying themselves with stationery and little articles
needed on a long campaign.
A Regiment: A body of men, either horse, foot or artillery,
commanded by a colonel and consisting of a number of companies, usually from
eight to twelve.
A Reserve: A select body of troops in the rear of an army,
reserved to sustain the other lines as occasion may require.
— A. G. Downing.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 183
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