March 18th, 1863.
Reveille at 4AM, marches at 6AM. Felt miserable. Could not eat anything, took dose of
quinine. Managed to get over to the noon
halt. Sergeant Cobb got me a permit to
have my knapsack put on the teams, and with this help was able to straggle into
camp though much in the rear in the matter of time. Made 19 miles.
From Civil War Diary of Sergeant Henry W. Tisdale, Company I, Thirty-Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865
