Slept the greater
portion of the day—had no "roll call"—feet much blistered and unable
to wear shoes, consequently the hot, broiling sun has full sweep at them. The
New Orleans Zouaves, Colonel Coppens commanding, six hundred strong, arrived at
Yorktown this evening. They are a rough looking set, but are splendidly drilled
and well officered.
SOURCE: William S.
White, A Diary of the War; or What I Saw of It, p. 100
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