Orders are very
strict. If caught outside of the pickets the fine is ten dollars. We get up at
4 o'clock in the morning and stack our arms. I am on parole guard today. We
expect to move in a day or two.
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. 25
The regiment was
formed at 4 this morning. In the afternoon we received marching orders. Our
division has been moving up all day. Logan's division is here. The
stockade fort that the contrabands are at work on near the depot is almost
completed. At 4 o'clock we had dress parade. Orders were read, fining the
absentees from roll call since the last of December, one dollar each time.
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, pp.
25-6
