We marched eleven miles today and went into bivouac after
dark near the town of Millen. We passed through some fine country with very
large plantations. We crossed the east prong of the Ogeechee river about dusk,
the infantry crossing over the railroad bridge and the artillery and teams by
pontoon bridge. Millen is on the bank of this river and is a junction of the
railroad running between Augusta and Savannah. We demolished the railroad all
along the line.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 233-4
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