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1864] A CAMP POND times when all are breathlessly waiting for news. Five com¬ panies, 59th Indiana, went to relieve the 13th Illinois to go home. Expiration of term. Huntsville, Friday, May 20. On guard, third relief. Gave the day up wiUingly for its duties by lying low aU the time not on post, which was rather monotonous. No papers or mail. Large party went out on pass this afternoon with Sergeant Hauxhurst to visit friends in 14th, 17th, and 33rd Wisconsin Regiments, Huntsville, Saturday, May 21, Mail distributed, giving me three fat letters which did me much good. Good news from Sherman. Boys busy in the afternoon damming up the creek in front of camp to make swimming pond. Had a refreshing bath in the evening. HuntsviUe, Sunday, May 22. Inspection 8 A. M. Attended Sabbath school. Soldiers' class large and interesting. Before returned to camp, listened to am eloquent and scientific dis¬ course by Dr. Ross, Presbyterian Church. Wrote letters in the afternoon. Very warm. Traded sugar for milk. Made a fine bread pudding for dinner, great rarity for soldiers. A train of thirty cars loaded Avith "grey backs" captured by Sherman passed North; very dirty and filthy-looking clothes. HuntsviUe, Monday, May 23. Very warm, sultry day. Per¬ formed the pleasant task of signing pay roll, expect a month's ^oon. Change getting low on all sides. Heavy columns of troops arrived aU day. Leggett's Division, 17th Army Corps expect to reorganize ere leaving for the front. I anticipate that c WiU soon be relieved to join our Corps in the front with gal- t Sherman, who is doing much. Expects to be in Atlanta y the first of June. Terrible uncertainty hangs over Grant, eavy mail arrived this evening. I received two good ones ni T, L, and E. L, 63rd Hlinois returned from veteran fur¬ lough, [213]
Object Description
Title | An Artilleryman's Diary |
Source Title | Jenkin Lloyd Jones' An Artilleryman's Diary |
Regiment | 6th Light Artillery |
Volume | 1 |
Author/Creator | Jones, Jenkin Lloyd, 1843-1918 |
Description | Jenkin Lloyd Jones (1843-1918) was born in Wales but grew up in Ixonia, Jefferson County. As soon as he turned 18 he enlisted as a private in the 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery. This 400-page book consists of his diary entries throughout the war. Jones describes the reality of daily life for soldiers in the field in detail and with good humor. He also recounts the Battle of Corinth, the sieges of Vicksburg and Chattanooga, and the battles at Champion Hill, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. After the war, Jones was ordained and served as pastor of the Unitarian Church in Janesville and of All Souls Church in Chicago. A militant pacifist and social reformer, he believed in ethical rather than theological unanimity while promoting the ideal of universal religion. |
Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
Source Type | personal narrative |
Place of Publication | Madison |
Source Creation Date | 1894 |
Source Publisher | Wisconsin History Commission |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Digital Format | XML |
Digital Identifier | CWPN017010000 |
Type | Text; Image |
Description
Title | 213 |
Source Title | Jenkin Lloyd Jones' An Artilleryman's Diary |
Regiment | 6th Light Artillery; |
Volume | 1 |
Source Type | personal narrative |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
Digital Format | JPG |
Full text | 1864] A CAMP POND times when all are breathlessly waiting for news. Five com¬ panies, 59th Indiana, went to relieve the 13th Illinois to go home. Expiration of term. Huntsville, Friday, May 20. On guard, third relief. Gave the day up wiUingly for its duties by lying low aU the time not on post, which was rather monotonous. No papers or mail. Large party went out on pass this afternoon with Sergeant Hauxhurst to visit friends in 14th, 17th, and 33rd Wisconsin Regiments, Huntsville, Saturday, May 21, Mail distributed, giving me three fat letters which did me much good. Good news from Sherman. Boys busy in the afternoon damming up the creek in front of camp to make swimming pond. Had a refreshing bath in the evening. HuntsviUe, Sunday, May 22. Inspection 8 A. M. Attended Sabbath school. Soldiers' class large and interesting. Before returned to camp, listened to am eloquent and scientific dis¬ course by Dr. Ross, Presbyterian Church. Wrote letters in the afternoon. Very warm. Traded sugar for milk. Made a fine bread pudding for dinner, great rarity for soldiers. A train of thirty cars loaded Avith "grey backs" captured by Sherman passed North; very dirty and filthy-looking clothes. HuntsviUe, Monday, May 23. Very warm, sultry day. Per¬ formed the pleasant task of signing pay roll, expect a month's ^oon. Change getting low on all sides. Heavy columns of troops arrived aU day. Leggett's Division, 17th Army Corps expect to reorganize ere leaving for the front. I anticipate that c WiU soon be relieved to join our Corps in the front with gal- t Sherman, who is doing much. Expects to be in Atlanta y the first of June. Terrible uncertainty hangs over Grant, eavy mail arrived this evening. I received two good ones ni T, L, and E. L, 63rd Hlinois returned from veteran fur¬ lough, [213] |
Digital Identifier | CWPN017010229 |
Type | Text |