At sunrise we were
on the march for Camp Kearney. After we had marched about a mile Col Holcomb
ordered me back to look after the convalescents or those who were unable to
carry their guns and knapsacks. These were all put in army wagon and the men
got in line. There was about one hundred of them. We started about one o'clock and
arrived in Camp Kearney at dark. This place was drier ground and being near the
river was much healthier than Camp Williams but the men had imbibed so much
malaria at the latter place that there was not much improvement in the health
of the men until the middle of October.
SOURCE: Abstracted
from George G. Smith, Leaves from a Soldier's Diary, p. 29
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