August 20, 1864.
During the last few days cavalry has been operating on the
right against the enemy's communications. We have been making demonstrations,
as they call it, or diversions in favor of the cavalries; that is, one, two or
three times a day we raise a yell along our corps line, and open on the enemy
with cannon and muskets. This, aside from scaring them a little (and it is
getting most too old to do even that), does but trifling damage, for at the
opening yell they all “hunt their holes,” in army slang, take position in their
works. Everybody is satisfied the Johnnies here are only waiting for dark
nights to evacuate.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 289-90
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