t was three o'clock this morning before we camped. A
tiresome tramp we have had, and after halting, but a few minutes elapsed before
we were fast asleep. We were up, however, with the sun, took breakfast and were
on the march again at eight o'clock. We halted two hours at noon, during which
time we had dinner and rest. Camped again in the evening without having come in
contact with the enemy. We do not know where Johnston is, but shall find him if
he is in the neighborhood. This excursion party is composed of six regiments,
and should we meet Johnston, and his force prove to be the largest, we shall
have to fight hard, for we are now some distance from reinforcements. The
health of our boys, however, is good-although one of them complains of worms—in
his crackers. A change from city to country life seems generally acceptable-and
yet as it was, our residence was only suburban.
SOURCE: Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd, A Soldier's Story
of the Siege of Vicksburg, p. 37-8
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