Ordered, with the 161st New York, to Memphis, on steamer “Baltic.”
Accident to the rudder. Taken in tow by the “John Groesbeck.” Arrived at 3 p.
m. on the 30th. Encamped three miles east of the city, near the rebel
breast-works. Lieut. Jones and myself made a pretty good tent out of some
boards, with fly over the top, and bought a stove and put it in and made it
quite comfortable. About December 13th, we had a heavy snow storm, with snow
drifts in the company streets, and it was very cold, but it did not last long.
There were many amusements in the city — a circus and theatre, so we passed the
time very pleasantly.
SOURCE: Abstracted from George G. Smith, Leaves from
a Soldier's Diary, p. 139-40
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