Toward night we
received marching orders and started for Abbyville at dark. We heard that there
was great excitement at Jackson, as an attack from a detachment of Bragg's men
was expected. We marched about eight miles from town and crossed the Yazoo
swamp, where we camped for the night. The next morning we again packed up and
started for Abbyville.
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. 18
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