Our division was
inspected today by Major Strong, Inspector-General. Ours was the first regiment
inspected. We had a thunder shower in the afternoon and an awful one last night
and this morning. Our tent leaked like a sieve. The river is rising very fast.
The bank is being leveled to keep the water out of the canal. We had dress
parade this evening.
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. 41
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