Whiteside, May 4, 1864.
The day's march has been much more pleasant than any of us
expected. Most of the dead mules have been buried, and the road much improved,
especially through the narrows. We smelled a number of mules, though, after all
the improvements. This, Whiteside, is like Bridgeport, a portable town, with
canvas covers and clapboard sides.
The boys have been catching some nice fish in a little
stream by our camp this evening. Made about 15 miles to-day.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 233
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