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"An hour after dark we took up the line of march... The night being so dark and rainy, we could not see farther than "the noses on our faces," while at every step we went nearby up to our knees in slush and mud. Men would stand and sleep -- would march (if this could be called marching) and sleep. The soldiers could not fall out of ranks for fear of being hopelessly lost... Thus we would for one hour moving the distance of a hundred paces, and any soldier who has ever had to undergo such marching, can well understand its laboriousness."
-- Augustus Dickert, Kershaw's South Carolina brigade |