Marching orders,
sure enough. We drew three days' rations this morning, with orders to have two
cooked and in our haversacks, ready to march at 5 o'clock the next morning. I
have a new pair of boots which I expect to break in on the march—or they will
break me. We were relieved this morning by the 126th. I have a very severe
cold.
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. 16
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