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AN ARTILLERYMAN S DIARY [1865
there we were hardly able to Uft the logs, as we were very smaU men. Coming back, upset one wagon in a puddle many feet deep. Another wagon broke the tongue and we left it. Reached camp 2 P. M, very hungry and very dirty. Some of the re¬ serve batteries have marching orders to report at Washington.
Chattanooga, Friday, March 17. A very pleasant day. Peel excellent. Keeler missed my name for guard this morning but found me in time to go to the Avoods. A citizen carpenter Avith help from the Company is at work on the stables". Spring is opening. To-day I saw the first flowers of the season. They grew way up Missionary Ridge.
I must not forget to say that twenty-six men from the 8th Wisconsin Battery arriA'ed here this morning Arith description lists of about as many more, some of them in N. C, others on detached duty. Captain Hood has been to see General Brewer about it. He refuses to receipt for men not to be had. Cap¬ tain of the 8th sent all of his one-year men and those whose term of service is about out, relieving the veterans of the 3rd. Hood asks to send all the 8th men back and receive the 3rd. They are a good-looking lot of men. Among them one orderly, two sergeants and a corporal.
Chattanooga, Saturday, March 18. A very beautiful spring day, and I did not go out to the hills, but have been on duty all day, scoring in the forenoon and nailing shakes on the houses in the afternoon. Quit early and policed camp nicely for Sunday. We have got three shelters covered and three more ready. The new men have been put on duty and seem well_ satisfied with the change.
Chattanooga, Sunday, March 19. A beautiful day. Had full inspection at 8 A. M. Company makes good appearance now. Attended church and Bible class, and the afternoon passed by very quiet and pleasant, writing, reading, and thinking. ^°/ mail.
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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 |
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| Digital Identifier | CWPN017010000 |
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| Title | 314 |
| 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. |
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| Full text | AN ARTILLERYMAN S DIARY [1865 there we were hardly able to Uft the logs, as we were very smaU men. Coming back, upset one wagon in a puddle many feet deep. Another wagon broke the tongue and we left it. Reached camp 2 P. M, very hungry and very dirty. Some of the re¬ serve batteries have marching orders to report at Washington. Chattanooga, Friday, March 17. A very pleasant day. Peel excellent. Keeler missed my name for guard this morning but found me in time to go to the Avoods. A citizen carpenter Avith help from the Company is at work on the stables". Spring is opening. To-day I saw the first flowers of the season. They grew way up Missionary Ridge. I must not forget to say that twenty-six men from the 8th Wisconsin Battery arriA'ed here this morning Arith description lists of about as many more, some of them in N. C, others on detached duty. Captain Hood has been to see General Brewer about it. He refuses to receipt for men not to be had. Cap¬ tain of the 8th sent all of his one-year men and those whose term of service is about out, relieving the veterans of the 3rd. Hood asks to send all the 8th men back and receive the 3rd. They are a good-looking lot of men. Among them one orderly, two sergeants and a corporal. Chattanooga, Saturday, March 18. A very beautiful spring day, and I did not go out to the hills, but have been on duty all day, scoring in the forenoon and nailing shakes on the houses in the afternoon. Quit early and policed camp nicely for Sunday. We have got three shelters covered and three more ready. The new men have been put on duty and seem well_ satisfied with the change. Chattanooga, Sunday, March 19. A beautiful day. Had full inspection at 8 A. M. Company makes good appearance now. Attended church and Bible class, and the afternoon passed by very quiet and pleasant, writing, reading, and thinking. ^°/ mail. [314] |
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