Saturday, 17th–It was cold and stormy all day. I spent the day down in the city, and bought a few more necessary articles—spent $1.25. Five hundred rebel prisoners passed up the river today, being taken to a Northern prison. This evening we got orders to be ready to leave.
Downing’s Civil War Diary.–Alexander G. Downing.
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