This morning the army is breaking camp, and taking the backward track. We look for our turn to come soon, and it finally comes; we take up the weary march; the roads are very dusty; the heat is intense; the troops almost suffocate. This grand army is suffering to-day in Mississippi, but they move on; they murmur not. We hope soon to go into camp and rest for a while. Night comes, and the army lies down to sleep.
SOURCE: Daniel Leib Ambrose, History of the Seventh
Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 80
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