Relieved at daylight. First Louisiana, two pieces of
artillery, and a squadron of cavalry, took the Woodville road. Halted for
dinner at a plantation owned by a Dr. Watkins. There were some pigs running at
large about the place. As soon as the order, “break ranks” was given, it was as
good as a circus to see the boys go for the pigs. Each pig would have four or
five soldiers after him. One soldier would get up close enough to the pig to
get his hands on him, when the animal would slip away, and the soldier would go
down and those behind go over him and the chase continue, but the pigs would be
tired out in a short time and disappear. The Doctor and his family had run
away. We marched about ten miles that day and encamped for the night.
SOURCE: Abstracted from George G. Smith, Leaves from
a Soldier's Diary, p. 130-1
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