We got a buggy shed
from the citizens, boarded it up tight, built a furnace in it, and were just
putting on the finishing touches, (battening up the cracks with cotton) when we
received marching orders. Such is the fortune of war.
SOURCE: Seth James
Wells, The Siege of Vicksburg: From the
Diary of Seth J. Wells, Including Weeks of Preparation and of Occupation After
the Surrender, p. 11-12
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