Tuesday, 6th–We had battalion drill this afternoon. News came that Yorktown has been taken. New troops are still arriving and our lines are being extended to the right and left. A second line is supporting the artillery in the front line and the second line’s flanks are supported by the cavalry.
Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.
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