We started at 5:30 this morning and marched till 2 o'clock,
when we again went into bivouac. Our brigade today was just in front of the
rear. We passed through some very fine country with well-improved farms. Today
we bade old Tennessee farewell and entered Alabama.
What a cruel thing this war is! May God hasten the day when
it will be brought to a close and our nation enjoy peace once more. Here in the
army we have to march on Sunday as other days. A soldier has to go through a
great many hardships not thought of by others.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 189-90
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