{"id":273,"date":"2013-01-23T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.bowdoin.edu\/arch\/civil-war-blog\/?p=273"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:07:22","slug":"january-23-1863","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/2013\/01\/23\/january-23-1863\/","title":{"rendered":"January 23, 1863"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/01\/1-23-M194.C374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-275 size-medium\" title=\"1-23 M194.C374\" src=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/01\/1-23-M194.C374-300x82.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/01\/1-23-M194.C374-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/01\/1-23-M194.C374-768x210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/01\/1-23-M194.C374-1024x280.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>[Louisiana] Friday.\u00a0 Well, the order came this forenoon to strike tents &amp; move to ground just north of our present location, &amp; some hundred rods distant.\u00a0 We began packing up at once &amp; got our tents pitched again about 2 o\u2019clock.\u00a0 The new spot is better than that we left, as the ground slopes down &amp; can thus be more easily drained.\u00a0 It appears to have been a kind of common, perhaps used to pasture city cows.\u00a0 Old rotten stumps stand here &amp; there, &amp; tall woods &amp; thorn bushes abound.\u00a0 With a little labor, therefore, we can put the ground in tolerable condition for our purpose.\u00a0 It is doubtful whether we shall be permitted to stop here long, as this is the ninth complete remove we have made within about three months!\u00a0 After all it makes little difference, as \u201cthe nine months are going on,\u201d as the boys say on almost every occasion.\u00a0 Some fresh beef reached our camp soon after we had got the tents pitched.\u00a0 Two hind quarters came to our cooks &amp; were put under a tent cloth near the fire.\u00a0 A short time after the Quartermaster called me aside &amp; said: \u201cCapt. C., they are hunting for some fresh beef that has been killed today.\u00a0 I thought I would just mention it to you!\u201d\u00a0 I lost no time in putting the boys on their guard, &amp; it was soon disposed of\u2014ways that I think the rebels are hardly \u201cup to.\u201d\u00a0 Small quantities were put under tent floors, &amp; one quarter cut into several pieces &amp; put in a pork barrel by the cooks fire &amp; covered with salt pork!\u00a0 If the owners are keen enough of scent to find it there, &amp; can identify it, of course they will get it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.bowdoin.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/1540\">Diary of Isaac Winslow Case [Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Louisiana] Friday.\u00a0 Well, the order came this forenoon to strike tents &amp; move to ground just north of our present location, &amp; some hundred rods distant.\u00a0 We began packing up at once &amp; got our tents pitched again about 2 o\u2019clock.\u00a0 The new spot is better than that we left, as the ground slopes down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[33,89,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-misc-manuscript-coll","7":"tag-22nd-maine","8":"tag-capt-isaac-winslow-case","9":"tag-class-of-1848","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}