Vicksburg, Saturday, Aug. 29. Mail arrived. Received a letter. John enclosed the receipt of box from express office. Express one day before mail. Nineteen furloughed men left for home on the “J. C. Swan”. On detail in the afternoon for foraging. Loaded 166 sacks of oats and 21 bales of hay after dark, when we returned rather tired.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Previous post: Diary of Ephraim Shelby Dodd
Next post: War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney