Vicksburg, Monday, Aug. 10. Took my team this morning and reported at roll call, having been off duty thirteen days. 10 A. M. Coulter Campbell died in the hospital, the first death of the season, a strong, healthy man. A burying party went over at 4 P. M. to consign his earthly remains to their last abode. His death had but little effect in camp, so estranged is the soldier’s mind. But some hearts have been wounded and are bleeding that have been patiently waiting his return for many hours, never to be realized in this world.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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