Rienzi, Miss., Tuesday, Sept. 2. We went out in the morning to drill on the field but did not see much into the wild scampering way. I wrote to Sp[ring] Gr[een]. – Had no time to write home before mail went out. Was drilled on foot by Corporal Sweet in the evening.
An Artilleryman’s Diary–Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
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