It rained nearly all day. The troops here are receiving
their pay today, some for one and others for two months. Since May 1st the
Government has been paying the privates $16.00 per month, which is an increase
of $3.00. But money here in Rome is of no particular benefit to a soldier, for
there is nothing in town to buy, the only business men being the sutlers who
are attached to the regiments in the front. All is quiet at this place.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 209
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