All is quiet in camp. I borrowed $25.00 from William Barrett
until next pay day. Several trains came in from the North this morning. We
received a large mail. All men unable to stand the march on our Southern
expedition are being sent North. Each regiment will be allowed but one wagon,
and the number of headquarters wagons will be greatly reduced. Every man in the
ranks will have to carry his shelter tent.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 228
