Sunday, 16th.—Our regiment of our brigade left on train for Middle Tennessee. 39th ordered to cook four days’ rations and be ready to move at any time.
Robert M. Magill—Personal Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier Boy, 39th Georgia Regiment of Infantry
Thursday, 13th.—Brother Harvey and Cousin James Magill came to see us. Brother Tom detailed as train guard, Eastern Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad. He left for Knoxville, at 6 P. M.
Sunday, 9th.—Received suit clothes and letter from home.
Saturday, 8.—Brother Lon gone to Marshall’s! Drew tents for company.
Friday, 7th.—Brother Tom gone to Brother Marshall’s, on Fork Creek, to-day; snowing.
Wednesday, 5th.—Raining. . Troops passing down railroad daily.
Tennessee.
Tuesday, 4th.—Reported that Breckinridge has surrounded Nashville and given them two days in which to surrender.
(Let me state just here that I give these reports simply to show the kind of news the private soldiers were continually receiving; very seldom a newspaper reached the hands of the private soldier, and less often were “Official Reports” made. Generally these rumors were as wide of the truth as it was possible for them to be.)
Monday, 3d.—Brother Marshall came and brought us nice basket of provisions.
Sunday, 2d.—Moved half-mile. Brother Harvey came to see us.
Saturday, November 1st.—Uncle Nathan Anderson and Aunt Matilda and Cousin Mary Conley came to see us to-day.
