Fine growing weather. The leading topic in camp is, when do
we go home. Picket duty suspended. Camp guard kept up, and provost duty in town
to keep order and protect government property. Many horses and mules are
corralled and guarded. This duty comes to our regiment. There is much that we
must do to assist the government officers in collecting the property. The town
has not been turned over to the civil authority yet, so we must do the duty of civil
officers and protect the town, and do the duty of policemen. Guards on the
different streets.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 150-1
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