Fine day; lay in
camp all day quite a no of the men out to forage. see some Rebs. Capt sent back
with detail for rations. Men pull the wagons. Evening Genls Granger & Veach
have Hd Qtrs in our camp. Heavy artillery heard all day supposed by some to be
Steele fighting Genls. Canby Smith & Osterhaus are at Fish river Foragers
sees the ruins of a large turpentine factory. destroyed by fire about 2 weeks
ago, which accounts for the big smokes we had noticed & find 100 prs good
new drawers & 200 prs negro's cotton pants
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa,
Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, p. 579
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