Monday, 16th.—Rained all day; P. M., regiment went to town. One regiment of our brigade has to be in town every night, so that if the fleet should attack the city, could man the ditches at once.
Robert M. Magill—Personal Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier Boy.
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