It is clear again and quite pleasant. We were off at 7 a. m.
and marched twelve miles. Went into bivouac within a mile of Fayetteville. Our
division had the honor of driving the rebels out of town, but the Fourteenth
Corps was placed on garrison duty. All of Sherman's forces, the four corps, are
concentrating at this place to cross the Cape Fear river. Forage is very
scarce, the country being so very poor, but we hope soon to strike rich country
where we can fill our haversacks.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 260
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