This morning the
boys are soon up, eager to push forward. We eat our breakfast and are moving by
six o'clock. The sun shines intensely hot to-day, and in consequence many fag
by the way.
We halt for our
dinner at Iuka, Mississippi, which place is noted for its mineral springs, the
resort of the chivalry, where in brighter days they loved to rehearse to the
south's fair ones their gallant deeds; but those days have flown, and on these
rocks the encased swords of the Union's warriors now make grating music. After
dinner we move on, march hard all the afternoon, and at night go into camp
three miles from Bear River.
SOURCE: Daniel Leib Ambrose, History
of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, p. 147
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