30th. Monday. Spent the day in camp. Fixed up sheds.
War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney.
29th. Sunday. Weather moderated. Scout came in at midnight. Wrote home. Captured 16 or 20 rebs on picket.
28th. Saturday. 50 men of the 2nd Ohio on a scout with sabres under Capt. Chester. Clear and cold.
27th. Friday. Chess with Laundon. Cold night. Clear.
26th. Thursday. Relieved by 1st Conn. Cold, some chess.
25th. Charge of picket. Bill Smith with me. Cold day. Very comfortable time.
24th. Tuesday. In camp. Played chess with A. B. Read “Two Gentlemen.”
23rd. Monday. Dan left us. He has been a brave and faithful soldier. It seems hard to lose him. He will make a splendid officer. Still rain and hail fall.
22nd. Sunday. Storm continues. Some snow on the ground. Worked on shelters for horses out of pine brush. Bosworth and Robinson discharged. Ordered to write of East Tenn. campaign, one chapter in the history of the 2nd Ohio.
21st. Saturday. Rainy and raw. Scouting party went out to Cedar Creek, through the Gap and around the mountain and came back by Fawcett’s Gap. Awful day. A hunt for Imboden’s men. No one seen.
