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Sewell Van Alstine diary, 1863-1864
1864-03-18 -- 1864-03-19
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44 the country much the same as below level on both sides, but more elevated, the soil is a red sandy loam, considered good strong soil, where not to old & exhausted, arrived at Alexandria at sundown, found the whole fleet, there; landed on the S.W. side; at 8. Pm, crossed over & landed, stacked arms & slept by our guns; the man of Co. A that had his leg bruised by the explosion of the Ft; the 16th, 19th were called into line at 10.Am to take a tramp back into the country, went about 5 miles a half mile from the river came to pine timber found a beautiful pine forest, of Norway pine, mostly sizable for hewing timber, said by many to excell any thing of the kind they ever saw, understand from citizens, there is a large tract of pine country, extending back to the Washita river, very little cultivation on this side, ie., N.W. the other side extensively cultivated, no pine, on S. side, the river is about 80 rods wide at this place, the country on the S side is directly the opposite of the N. in its soil fertility & productions
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44 the country much the same as below level on both sides, but more elevated, the soil is a red sandy loam, considered good strong soil, where not to old & exhausted, arrived at Alexandria at sundown, found the whole fleet, there; landed on the S.W. side; at 8. Pm, crossed over & landed, stacked arms & slept by our guns; the man of Co. A that had his leg bruised by the explosion of the Ft; the 16th, 19th were called into line at 10.Am to take a tramp back into the country, went about 5 miles a half mile from the river came to pine timber found a beautiful pine forest, of Norway pine, mostly sizable for hewing timber, said by many to excell any thing of the kind they ever saw, understand from citizens, there is a large tract of pine country, extending back to the Washita river, very little cultivation on this side, ie., N.W. the other side extensively cultivated, no pine, on S. side, the river is about 80 rods wide at this place, the country on the S side is directly the opposite of the N. in its soil fertility & productions
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