Memphis, Sunday, March 1. To-day we were ordered to prepare for an inspection by Major Maurice, chief of artillery, but instead of that came marching. We broke up camp at 9 A. M. and marched with the whole of Quinby’s Division into Memphis. There was a busy scene. Infantry and artillery and baggage and wagons, all in a rush embarking on the transports. 6th and 12th “Wisconsin Batteries were ordered on the “Robert Campbell Jr.” but we could not get out on first Section, it being too crowded. The 2nd and 3rd Sections with the battery and forage wagons were pushed in front of the “Tecumseh” and there guarded for the night.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
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