Six miles south of Combahee River,
January 28, 1865, 6 p. m.
The campaign commences Monday. It is yet cold; about an inch of ice forms every night, and sleeping out without tents is not a fair sample of paradise. I am in excellent health and we are all anxious to be en route.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an Illinois Soldier,
p. 338
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