February
1 Recived Orders this morning to start at 7 o clock for Chickmauga but it rand and we did not start untill about 10 o clock when it cleard off we arived at ros vill about noon and got dinner we arived on the battle fiedd at 3 o clock maken about 20 mills
2 To day the first half of the company went out burying the dead they buried 10 rebls and 20 unions pleasant all day untill night when it clouded over and raind a little we found sum near camp and buryed them
3 To day the rest of the Co went out we deployed out and went out on the east side of the dry valley road and on the west side We buried 125 men union and rebels
4 Weather pleasant Went out again to day and buried 138 men unions and rebels five negrose come in to camp deserted from the rebs 3 rebels solgers cam all so
5 Weather pleasant two darkies came in to camp and reported rebel cavulry with in 5 miels of camp bured 121 men to day
6 Weather rany our men went out in the fore noon and in the after noon we went relick hunting torg the Chickmuga for the same day has buried 25 men
7 Weather plesent went out A scout L N Somers in the fornoon to the Chickmuga river in the after noon they wanted 12 men to vountear to go and gard gordan mille the report was that rebels was gonig to make a rade they did not cam a good thing for them
8 Weather pleasant the news come that our camp was attaced we went and found that one of our scouts had been drove in he reported a squad of rebs on the rite of us but found that it was no so We baured 80 men to day
9 Weather pleasent baried 43 men to day evry thing quiet
10 Weather clear and pleasant buried 25 men to day
11 Weather clear and pleasant I was out barying to day we buried 38 men
12 Weather clear and pleasant No news to day from the frount
13 Weather pleasant went out in the fore noon and burried 6 men No more to day
14 Rained A little in the morning of the 4 14 1864
15 Weather pleasant but cold to day
16 Weather clear and cold to day
17 Weather clear and cold to day
18 Weather vary cold to day
19 Weather clear but cold to day
20 Weather pleasand and warm to day
21 Weather pleasant and warm to day
22 Weather pleasant and warm to day
23 Weather pleasant and warm to day
24 Weather pleasant and warm We had marching orders 35 of Co A was detald to go sum whare we left about 2 o clock and went out about 12 miles We arived on the spot at nine o clock in the evenen
25 Weather pleasant and warm the valley below us is on fier Genl Thomas went by us to day torge ringgold and Head Quarters teams is on ther way to the frount our troops hav taken Tunnel hill and are following the l rebs up
26 Weather pleasant and warm report that our men had a fight three mills this side of Dotlon
27 Weather pleasant and warm report that our men are falling back Davises Division passed hear to day going back Genel Morgan was a long No more at present
28 Weather pleasant and warm on gard recived sum rations to day two more and my self got sume horses and went over to the other post to carry ration to the boys that was prety hungry when we got there
29 Rany weather dull times in camp with nothing to do but suck our fingers
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