1 Weather pleasent and warn we started for Camp this morning lutendent Somers come to the Company to day when I got back to camp i had 3 letters 2 from home 1 from my cosan
2 Weather pleasent And warm today oscar Marett and my self bilt A shanty to day
3 Weather pleasant And warm to day oscar and my self bilt a chimly and finished our tent to day
4 Weather pleasent And warm today We got orders to report to Chattanooga puled up Camp and started at 9 to the boat landen got there 11 Started from there at 5 got to Chattanooga at 9 went up to our old camp to stay
5 Weather pleasant and warm today we got orders to go to brigport I was on detale to help load wagens and cars Started from Chattanooga at 1 oclock all of the boys well suted to day
6 Weather warm and plesant to day All of the troops ore on there way to the frount Cars all loded with Solgers all felen well
7 weather warm and pleasant to day we spread our blankets on the ground to sleep last Night but got up this morning and went in Camp oscar Merrit and my self has got our tent up and are now taken a rest
8 weather warm and pleasent To day we had inspection to day George Magon and liman ritchmen was hear to se me to day Frank powel all so
9 Weather pleasant and warm to day I bilt A bunk Then went to the river and went in Swimen some of the baby boys was hear today report that 7000 rebs crost the river last night
10 Weather rother weet and rany to day I am on the worken party to day I receved A letter from home and anserd it
11 Weather warm and pleasant but rand last night we started down the river at 4 oclock in the morning we had 2 shots faird at us we had Small Scurmesh with the rebs took one prisner all so cild 3 bevs
12 Weather pleasent we started from White burg and crost the river made A charg on A rebel fort got 2 haver Saks went down the river and had A scurmesh with the rebs we got 1 man cild 2 wounded
13 Weather warm and pleasant to day got back to brigport at 2 oclock Started for camp at 5 oclock I was detald to go and take car of the wounded boys I got A letter from my mother to day
14 Weather warm and pleasant to day I have ben with out wonded boys they are geten long furs trat Good news from the front to day
15 Weather warm and pleasant to day I rote A letter to my mother to day we had heavy inspection to day oscar Marrett Shot his rifle of the load past threw my nap sack I dun my washen to day
16 Weather warm and pleasant to day I got A letter from home to day I hav had an offel head ache to
17 Weather warm and pleasant to day I rote 2 letters to day one to my brother and one to my wife I all so got one I went to see Georg Magin to day he is sick the gun ro boat Started down the river to day
18 Weather warm and pleasant to day john luc ter come to the hospetal tosee the boys he had A fant Spell but got over it soom I rote A letter to my cosin to day
19 Weather warm and pleasant to day I patch my briches to day Frank powell was hear to se me I dont feal well to day There was 3 carloads of prisners past threw hear to night
20 Weather warm and pleasant to day I dun my washen this fore non and was detald to help get Some Shade treese to poot up round our camp I went over to See frank powel to night
21 Weather warm and pleasant to day I mended some of my close to day frank powel was hear to se me I went to see our wonded boys to night they are geten Along fine
22 weather warm and pleasant to day Co A and Co D went bord of the boat this morning we went down the river 45 miles cild 3 bevs No firen on the boat to day
23 Weather warm and pleasant to day we started and went 25 miles further this morning the landed and had A little Scourmesh with the rebs but took 3 prisners 3 guns 7 horses and mules ls toock 35 thousands dolars worth of coton not one of our men got A scratch
24 weather pleasant this morning but rand this after noon we Started for Brigport this morning got there at 12 oclock then went to camp I had 2 letters in camp I rote one
25 weather rany and weet to day we had orders to get redy for the boat but did not go Aboard to day I rote a letter to my sister to night
26 Weather warm and pleasant to day 50 of our Co went onbord of the boat this morning we went down the river 40 miles then lade up I was on gard to day
27 weather warm and pleasant to day we started down the river 50 miles 25 of our Co landed and went up on A bluf to see if the rebs had eny artrillery on shoar
28 weather warm and pleasent to day we went on down the river arived at Tryanna about 8 oclock then started for Decatur got there about 10 oclock Stade there til 5 then went back to Whits burg bot there about 10 oclock in the evening
29 Weather warm and pleasant to day left Whitsvill this nmorning and come up the river 3 mile above Gunders Ville and landed 40 of our men we toock gundersvill cild 3 rebs capitered 4 of them then went back to Whitesvill
30 weather warm and pleasant to day we took 2 Co of men on bord of the boat and went up the river 40 miles then landed then they went and broak up A Salt peater works
31 weather warm and pleasant to day we started at Whitburg landed last night started for brigport this morning got there about 10 oclock this evening we cild 2 bevers to day
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