I was detailed on
fatigue this morning. The detail from our regiment worked on the big break in
the levee. We did a good day's work, and slightly checked the current. The
Mississippi continues to rise. Uncle Ben, Scott and Patterson returned from
their three days' scout. They had been up the river after beef and had secured
fifty head. Mail came in last night, Frank received a letter from Rosalie,
dated Jan. 4. Just to think, they have had no snow yet in the north. Generals
U. S. Grant and Ross have arrived.
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. 35
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