Still lying in camp and all is quiet at the front. Large
foraging parties are being sent out for food for the men and feed for the
horses and mules. The valleys in this part of the country are thickly settled,
but not more than half of the plantations have been cultivated this past
season, as the negroes were taken south by their masters to keep them from
falling into the hands of the “Yanks,” and also to help build fortifications.
The plantations that have been farmed were put mostly in wheat and corn. There
are some large fields of corn which come in very handy for our army at this
time.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 224
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