Large details of men from our division were sent out to cut
and prepare timber for the engineers to build a wharf at the landing so that
the boats can be unloaded more readily. Several hundred of us were at work,
some cutting the trees — tall pines, others cutting them into proper lengths,
and still others hewing and squaring the timbers. The teamsters then hauled
them to the landing. Two more boats came up the river today, one loaded with
hay for the mules, the other with our provisions. We received our mail today.
All is quiet along the line and the weather is fine.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 238
