Eight gunboats went down the river today. The boys feel
quite lively and are anxious to get into action again. We had company
inspection in the morning and regimental inspection in the afternoon, with
dress parade at 5 o'clock. Some of the men of our regiment were caught in a
trap today. They went up into a pigeon house a short distance from camp and
were having a game of “chuck luck” when someone informed the officer of the
day, who took some guards, surrounded the house, entered and made a quick dive
for the rubber poncho, taking all the money lying on the figures, almost $200,
and arresting all the participants. He put the fellows in the guardhouse and turned
over the money to the hospital steward.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B., Clark, Downing’s
Civil War Diary, p. 109
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