Saturday, 7th—I stood out on picket all day. We were relieved from picket this evening about dark. We were posted in a heavy timber about two miles out, on one of the main roads leading to town. Water is very scarce and poor at that. We have to go a mile from camp for our drinking water, and to a branch the same distance to do our washing.
Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.
Previous post: Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes.
Next post: Rebel War Clerk
