1st. Happy New Year! Gay and festive. Frozen and just
starving. Re-enlistment question presented to the boys. Three from the 2nd
Ohio. Took dinner at hdqrs., at white house. Cabbage and beef and mutton. Had a
chat with the people. All have suffered badly. Even underclothes taken during the
late fights by rebs, also wheat and corn. First-rate visit with Col. Garrard
and Allen. Review of campaign. Hard bread, flour and pork for the boys. Makes
me happy. Don't ask more satisfaction than to get plenty of rations. Have been
half crazy with anxiety for days.
First command in line east of Mossy Creek. Rained last
night. Turned cold about 12 P. M. and blew a hurricane. Awful tedious day. Boys
must suffer very much. Col. and staff up and around fires early.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 104
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