The boats ran all night, and we passed Cincinnati about 1 a.
m. At daylight we landed at Ornod, Indiana, remaining there about two hours,
till the fog lifted. We arrived at Louisville about 4 p. m., and disembarking,
marched out about eight miles below town where we went into bivouac. This is a
miserable place for the troops to camp, being very low, the next thing to a
swamp, and heavily timbered; we cannot remain here long without its resulting
in a great deal of sickness.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 282
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