Goudy and windy this morning. Heavy cannonading with some
skirmishing was kept up all day. Our batteries silenced the rebels' batteries
at every point. Four companies from our regiment went out last night to
reinforce the details on building fortifications. The walls of the forts are to
be twenty feet thick. We have a miserable camping ground right on the edge of
the swamp, but we cleaned up a camp and at 4 o'clock this afternoon had company
inspection. We have very poor water to use, having to get it from the swamp.
But we are now drawing full rations, for which we are very thankful. All is
quiet in the rear.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 239
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