This morning about
two o'clock we come to a halt near Burnsville, Mississippi, and send a company
forward to reconnoitre. During this time the remaining companies obtain some
little sleep; some reclining by the road side, some in the road. Occasionally a
mule steps upon a soldier, and then the poor meek creature gets a set-back. At
daylight the company sent out returns without discovering anything. The bugle
now blows and we move on a few miles and halt upon a blue grass common to graze
the mules and eat our breakfast, after which we move on to Iuka, where we
remain about one-half hour and return to Burnsville, halt, feed, and eat our
supper. About dark the bugle blows and the regiment is soon in the saddle. We
move on to Glendale, halt and lie down to obtain some rest.
SOURCE: Daniel Leib
Ambrose, History of the Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
p. 178
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