It is quite cool. Our camp is just inside the city limits.
We tore down several houses and fences with which to build “ranches,” and then
spent the rest of the day in cleaning accouterments and washing our clothes.
The rebels, in their haste to get away, left about one hundred and fifty pieces
of artillery and a large quantity of fixed ammunition. They also left hundreds
of their sick and wounded soldiers here in the hospital.
Savannah is a very nice city, on high ground, affording a
good view of the South Carolina coast. The town is well laid out, having wide
streets and little parks at many of the intersections. There are some fine
churches here. A large number of business houses and office buildings are
vacant. They had a printing press here for the making of paper money. I passed
the building this morning where the press was located, and found on the
sidewalk two bales of the currency, which some one had thrown out. The bundles
were of about one hundred pounds each and the money consisted of tens and twenties.
I helped myself to $50.00 and walked on. At the present time this money is
below par. The boys are offering $1,000 to citizens for a loaf of, of bread,
and some of the officers have offered from $4,000 to $5,000 for some one to
curry their horses, but they can find no one who will accept their offers.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 239-40
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