We left bivouac at 8 a. m. and marched twenty miles today,
going into camp about dark. The Eleventh Iowa acted as rear guard. We had good
roads, there being no hills. The country is very flat and heavily timbered and
the soil is sandy, mixed with clay. We are on two-fifths rations now, but the
country still affords additional rations, such as potatoes and pork. Our general
direction is southeast on the west side of the Savannah and Macon railroad. All
is quiet in front.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 233
