Saturday, 5th—We are all glad to get back in camp again and to sleep in the bunks instead of lying on the ground in open bivouac. The boys spent the day in washing clothes and cleaning guns and accouterments.

Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing
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