We had a thunderstorm yesterday at 2 p. m. and today we had
an all-day rain. We marched twelve miles in the mud, our division taking the
lead. Our regiment crossed the South river after dark, on the stringers of the
bridge, the rebels having burned a part of the bridge. The engineers have to
lay the pontoons for the artillery and teams to cross. The country is very poor
and forage is scarce.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 262
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