Glendale, Saturday, Oct. 10. A very fine day and my health is very good with the exception of a slight cold. Enjoyed myself pleasantly in this rural retreat. I like the wilds of nature better than a mock at civilization by the hand of slavery, such as we everywhere meet. Grazed our horses in the woods today. Middling good grass. Our horses are on half rations of grain, which after so much confinement and fasting on boat and cars, look very bad.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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