Morning rainy. Issued ten days' rations. Major said that the
boys of the non-commissioned staff could not go on expedition for lack of transportation.
We were already packed up, tent down for the march. Finally to our joy another
team came and we loaded, saddled and started. The sky cleared and the ground
was nice for marching. After marching 6 or 7 miles we halted for the horses to
graze. The grass has started considerably. Encamped on the Drywood Creek, east
branch, at sundown. Baggage train being mired on the road, the men bivouacked
without tents, without suppers, the distant thunder threatening rain. Our team
came, no rain.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman Harris
Tenney, p. 11
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