Moscow. Awoke before
daylight with orders Started to prepare to march. All was ready by
6:30 A. M. at about 7:30, fell in rear of the column and marched toward Holly
Springs; traveled all day with the exception of the necessary halts in the
train. Passed through Early Grove 4 P. M., Hudsonville 7 P. M. Traveled until 9
P. M. Encamped near Coldwater River for the night. The country was all woodland
except the cleared plantations; after dark the air was illumined, the raging
fire caused by the dry leaves and fences, running for miles, it being set out
by the advance. Came into park in a grove, made a "shebang" of shakes
and laid down about 11:30 Р. М.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 15
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