A hot morning. All is quiet. Gave my clothes a good washing,
hanging them on the bushes to dry. A good swim and bath while waiting for them
to dry. Dry quickly in this climate. No change of raiment, only one suit, we
are in light marching order. A soldier's life in the field is not always one of
cleanliness, marching in the dust and dirt, wading brooks and rivers, sleeping
on the ground.
Orders from the Colonel. I have been made a corporal, for
bravery on the battlefield of Piedmont, June 5th, 1864. So the orders read. I
donned my chevrons for the honorable posish, 4th corporal, Company C, 18th
Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, at Lexington, Virginia, June 13th, 1864.
Marching orders received. We leave here tomorrow morning.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 75-6
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