Fine day; lay in camp all day quite a no of the men out to
forage, see some Rebs. Capt sent back with detail for rations. Men pull the
wagons. Evening Genls Granger & Veach have Hd Qtrs in our camp. Heavy
artillery heard all day supposed by some to be Steele fighting Genls. Canby
Smith & Osterhaus are at Fish river Foragers sees the ruins of a large
turpentine factory. destroyed by fire about 2 weeks ago, which accounts for the
big smokes we had noticed & find 100 prs good new drawers & 200 prs
negro's cotton pants
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 579
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