We did not strike out on the war-path again till three P. M.
to-day, having spent the time previous in taking a good rest. To-day we have
not marched very rapidly, as it has now become necessary to go more slowly in
order to feel our way, since we cannot tell what obstacle we may encounter. All
the natives we meet along the road claim that Johnston is going to raise the
siege. If so, it will prove about the biggest “raising” he ever attended.
Camped again about dark.
SOURCE: Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd, A Soldier's Story
of the Siege of Vicksburg, p. 38
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