Left Glasgow camp
and arrived at Green river the same day, and fatigued and tired, laid down for
the night in camp, making a march of 25 miles. On arriving in this camp the
Green river bridge, which is thrown across that stream, with four piers, one
hundred and fifty five feet from low-water mark, was on fire and falling,
having been fired by the rebels on their retreat while we were following them
up, and all the pontoon flats of a bridge thrown across said stream burned to
the water's edge, to save their retreat.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
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