June 9th and 10th. Still in the same position, regiment working upon the breastworks and redoubts, which are almost completed. Food is scant, and limited as to variety; the mess has little besides salt pork, hard tack, and a few cans of preserved peaches; breakfast, dinner, and tea are all alike. Luckily, the eau de vie, the commissary in the vernacular, and the coffee, comes down to us in endless streams, so we shall not utterly collapse.
“Food is scant, and limited as to variety.” –Diary of Josiah Marshall Favill.
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