At our new camping ground we find water very scarce, and of a very inferior quality. To-day we have battalion drill; the regiment receives high compliments from the West Point stars who were present.
The drill of the Seventh is attracting universal attention, and our commanding officer is vain enough to challenge any regiment in these woods to compete with him in the manual and battalion evolutions. Late in the evening we hear heavy cannonading on our right. It is Hurlbut shelling a swamp, to clear it of lurking rebels. Tonight we are ordered to sleep on our arms.
SOURCE: Daniel Leib Ambrose, History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 71
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