We are having nice
weather. We lay here at Pulaski all day in order to draw rations and to rest.
We spent the day in washing clothes and cooking navy beans and fresh beef. The
troops of our corps were ordered to pack all extra clothing in their knapsacks
and turn them over to the quartermaster, who would then send them by rail to Huntsville,
where they are to be stored. We are to go in light marching order from now on,
having but a blanket apiece. There is but little sickness in the corps and the
men are in fine spirits. All are anxious to get through to the main army.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by
Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 189
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