Vicksburg, Friday, Aug. 21. Lieutenant Pancher started home, his resignation having been accepted. He was very low. Another awful hot and sultry day, with rainy, foggy nights. Several troubled with ague. Prepared a mess of mushrooms for supper.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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