​Sunday - January 1, 1865



Left Columbia, Tennessee with the pontoon train - marched 12 miles and went in to camp at 5 o'clock.  Marched the green mules and teamsters - had a rough time to get it in to camp.



Monday​



Left Camp at day light - the roads very rough and hard but melted before night and was very mudy.  Marched through Tuloski, Tennessee at 4:00 - marched 12 miles



Tuesday​



Left camp at day light and marched 15 miles to Elkton, Tennessee.  Got in to camp at 4 o'clock.  Drawed rations in evening.  Rained a little - the first detachment had the pontoons laid down.



Wednesday​



Laid in camp ______ of all day - rained at night.  Plenty of citizens came in to camp.



Thursday​

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​In camp all day.  Nothing transpired worthy of note.



Friday​



Still in camp - went over in town and got my diner for 50 cents.  Cheap as dirt ain't it.



Saturday​



Still in camp.  Tree fell on a Head Quarter mule and killed it.  Dress parade at 4 o'clock.





Sunday - January 8, 1865​



In camp - very butifull morning.  I took a ride on Capt. Garmon's horse - went out in the country 5 miles and got my diner at a house who never saw a yankee before.



Monday​



Regt. still in camp.  Drawed rations in the evening.  Went over the river and got my diner.



Tuesday​



Long roll beat at 12 o'clock to see how long it toock the conscripts to get in line.  Some came out in their shirt tail and some with out any clothes at all.



Wednesday​



Left camp at daylight for Huntsville, Alabama.  Marched 7 miles and went in to camp at dark - very muddy roads and hard to travell.



Thursday- January 12, 1865​

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Left camp at day light - marched all day and went in to camp at dark - marched all 9 miles.

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Friday​

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Left camp at day light and arrived within 2 miles of Huntsville and went in to camp at 4 o'clock.

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Saturday​

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Laid in camp all day received our mail the first we received since we left Nashville over a month ago.

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Sunday - January 15, 1865​

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In camp.  Rev P.P. Cooney had church.  Evry man must go - went down town with Orderly Sergt Kelly of Co. I and had a good time. 



Monday​



Orders came to build winter quarters.  A heavy detail made to chop wood for the houses.



Tuesday​



Still working on them - getting along very fine.



Wednesday​



Very nice morning - my log shanty pretty well done building it. 8 by 6.



Thursday​



Comenced working on my shanty at 8 o'clock and got the puffs on by 4 o'clock a.m.



Friday​



Finished my house and moved in - a good fire place and very comfortable.



Saturday​



Had company drill in forenoon and battallion drill in afternoon.



Sunday - January 22, 1865​



Church at 8 o'clock - Dress parade at 4 o'clock



Monday​



Drill all day.  Company in forenoon and battalion drill in afternoon



Tuesday​



Rained most all day - no drill - went to town for coureasity and I got satisfied



Wednesday - January 25, 1865​



Drawed clothing and rations in afternoon.  Raining



Thursday​



Clear and cold.  Evry body in his shanty for comfort.



Friday​



Clear and very nice morning - had drill in forenoon.  Drawed more clothing.



Saturday​



Clear and cold - ditched our tents and swept up camp.  Drilled in afternoon.



Sunday - January 29, 1865​



Very nice day - had church at 8 o'clock by Rev P.P. Cooney.



Monday​

Clear and nice - received 200 more conscripts.  Our company got 19.  Our company 85 present and absent.



Tuesday​



3rd Division of our corps in moving for East part of Mississippi - pased through our camp.



Wednesday - February 1, 1865​



Had drill all day.  Very nice and warm day for ducks.



Thursday​



Received a letter from M. K and E.R.Y. and answered them.



Friday​



Very nice day.  Our Sutler opened out to see what he has got.



Saturday​



Had drill in forenoon and dress parade in afternoon.  Received a letter from E.R.Y. and H.C. and M.K.  Big mail came in for once.



Sunday - February 5, 1865​



Rained and snowed all.  Church at 8 o'clock



Monday​



Clear and cold but rained and snowd at night - most off the regiment got drunk and plaid several low life tricks.



Tuesday - February 7, 1865​



Snowd all night - Thawed some in forenoon.  I received 2 letters from home.  Company's A, E, I, and K returned from Easton.



Wednesday​



Went to town - had a good time.  Rote letter to T.F. All the officers drunk in the sutler tent to night.



Thursday​



Colonel B.F. Mullen left for home this forenoon.  No Ale aloud to be sold in camp today.  4 of the officers under arrest for drunkedness.



Friday​



Company drill in forenoon and Battalion drill in afternoon.  Darned mudy.



Saturday​



Company drill in forenoon and dress parade in afternoon.  Drawed clothing.  Rote 3 letters home to friends.



Sunday - February 12, 1865​



All quiet in camp.  Nothing going on to atract any notice.



Monday​



Very cold in morning.  Went to town with Sergt. Kelly - had good time - rained coming home.  Yours trruly.



Tuesday​



Cold and wet drill in afternoon



Wednesday​



Drill all day - coat weather.



Thursday​



Company drill in forenoon and batalion drill in afternoon.  Genl Stanley in camp.  John & James got drunk.



Friday​



Drill in forenoon - wind blowd so hard we couldn't drill in afternoon.  Blowd some of the hair off of Majors head.  Charleston was evacuated and the old flag raised over Fort Sumpter.



Saturday​



In camp all day - very warm and nice day.



Sunday - February 19, 1865​



Very butiful day.  I went out in country and got my diner.  Received a letter from home.







More diary entries coming soon.​​