We started early
this morning and marched fifteen miles. We bivouacked for the night near Cave
Springs. Large foraging parties were sent out which brought in great quantities
of provisions and feed, this section not having been overrun by our armies. Cave
Spring is a little village sixteen miles southwest of Rome, Georgia. The
citizens all left their homes on the approach of our army. I was detailed on
picket duty. All is quiet.
Source: Alexander
G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary,
p. 225
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