Larkinsville, Saturday, Jan. 2. Continued very cold and freezing. Good fires and comfortable quarters, very essential to keep warm. Captain Dillon arrived from Nashville, reports battery [of new guns] on the way. Enlistment yet the talk. I have serious thoughts upon it. I am confident that it is the best thing for us recruits. Griff, Dan and others in the same way; if one goes, all go. A dance held down town by “Alabam” gals and Yankee soldiers. Running rumor afloat that we are to leave our quarters soon for Huntsville. Don’t like it.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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