July 12 — Yesterday we drew six days rations preparatory for a trip to Jackson, Miss, and today we marched out at 7 o’clock a.m. and tonight we are camped 7 1/2 miles from Vicksburg on the railroad. It has the appearance of rain tonight. W.R. Clack
Civil War Diary of William Raleigh Clack, defender at Vicksburg.
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