It is quite cool. We lay in camp all day. We are once more
drawing full rations, and it is well that we are, for there is absolutely
nothing to forage here, not even rice in the hull. We have also received some
of the Sanitary goods sent here for distribution. All is quiet at present and
there is no news of any importance. Beaufort is a nice place, situated on an
island, and has good shipping facilities. Goods of all kinds are sold here at
reasonable prices, business being carried on much as in a Northern town. The
Union army has been in possession of the place for some time. The entire
Seventeenth Army Corps is here, but will move forward in a few days.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 245
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