Huntsville, Sunday, April 10. Beautiful weather. A “big scare” up this morning, expecting the Rebs in from the other side of the river. Orderlies said to be running all night. Early this morning Captain Dillon reported to headquarters for further intelligence, leaving orders to allow nobody to leave camp. Teams from Whitesburg returned after rations. The boys then were kept at their posts all night. Foraging trains came in early half loaded. The roads very bad. Went to town in the afternoon but there was no church. Returned and read Bartlett’s Sermon in Covenant, which was much better.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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