Tuesday, 9th–No news of importance. Our foraging parties destroy a great deal of property unnecessarily, especially when the owner of a plantation is away with the rebel army—then there isn’t much left when the boys get through.
Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.

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