August 16, 1862
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Page 202: August 1862 16 Harrison’s Landing We are not off yet, and troops are still pushing on. The programme has been changed. We are now the rear guard which we might have known before, if we had thought. Strange that there has been no fighting yet. What does it mean. Yesterday we heard an occasional shot. Am a little troubled about matters. Still I shall hope and trust that everything is well. _________,,_________ Last evening I passed an almost wholly sleepless night. It was unusually cold, and my hands are covered with marks of muskitoe [sic] bites. Had nothing but my overcoat for protection from the cold. Was so uncomfortable that I could Page 203: not lay quiet, but had to walk There are no rations for us. It will be strange indeed if No forage for our horses. |