It was 9 o'clock before we got started this morning and
though the country here between two mountains is very rough, we covered
fourteen miles and went into camp in the mountains for the first time. Large
foraging parties were sent out this morning to secure meat. Our advance lines
had a skirmish with the rebels this afternoon. The health of the men is good,
but many have sore feet from the hard marching.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 191
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