Clear and fine. Roll
call at 5½ A. M. as usual-Breakfast at 6½ Squad drill &c. more activity
will be observed this week in drilling than heretofore. Lt. L. F. Williams
appointed junior Officer of the Guard to day. One of our men who came from town
yesterday in a state of intoxication—by name John Brown is very sick to day—great
suffering & pain in his stomach and lower extremities supposed to emanate
from poison in the liquor drank yesterday. The 2 gun boats stationed here left
this afternoon & 1 Regt. of In from Birds Point, their destination &
the No. of the Regt. we are not informed. Heavy firing heard at 8 O'clock this
evening in the direction of New-Madrid Mo. supposed that our Gun Boats have
engaged the enemy at that point
SOURCE: Transactions
of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 224-5
No comments:
Post a Comment