A DULL DAY.
The new year is ushered in with a light fall of snow and
very cold weather. There is just snow enough to prevent drills or any sports the
boys may have been anticipating. Altogether the day will be a dull one. The sutler,
anticipating our removal, has not much to sell or steal. The sutler is regarded
as the common enemy of the soldier, and when forced contributions are levied on
him it is considered entirely legitimate and rather a good joke. The boys will
have to content themselves with card playing and writing letters home. We have
just got a new stove running in my tent, and Long Tom is detailed today to
supply it with wood. I think we shall make a comfortable day of it, if Tom does
his duty. Things certainly begin to look like leaving; the harbor is full of vessels,
transports, gunboats and supply ships. Appearances indicate that somebody will
hear it thunder somewhere along the southern coast before very long.
SOURCE: David L. Day, My Diary of Rambles with the
25th Mass. Volunteer Infantry, p. 16
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