Thursday, 4th—Our entire company went out on picket duty this morning with the orders to keep a sharp lookout for rebels. The sentinels out on the front are ordered to stand in secluded places, as they are in danger of being picked off by the rebel sharpshooters. It rained all day again.
Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.
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