It is very pleasant, having cleared off during the night. We
had regimental inspection again this morning. Our camps are filled with all
kinds of agents from the city, trying to sell their nostrums to the boys; even
the “dents” come out to pull teeth or to clean them for the boys.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 283
