Lebanon, Ky., June 1st, 1863.
I have been home on
furlough, and am on my way to rejoin my regiment. I reached Louisville last
night at midnight, and stayed at the Soldiers' Home until morning. Charles
Groesbeck came with me from Detroit, and we found two more of our boys and our
Chaplain here, waiting to take cars this morning.
We have a good
"drive" on our drum major. He reached Louisville on Friday and
reported to the post commander for a pass to his regiment. The Colonel gave him
a pass, all right, but to his utter dismay and disgust sent him to the barrack,
kept him there until this morning, then sent him to Lebanon under guard.
Charlie and I did not report, and came through like free men.
We have a march of
sixty miles before us, but a wagon train is going out, and we may get our
baggage carried part of the way.
We left Lebanon at
three o'clock and walked ten miles. Next morning at three o'clock we were again
on the road, intending to make Columbia, but, a heavy rain setting in, we took
possession of a barn about four miles out and stayed until morning. We had
walked twenty miles and carried our baggage, and were ready to walk eighteen in
the afternoon, which is the distance from this place to Jamestown, where we
expect to overtake the regiment.
SOURCE: David Lane,
A Soldier's Diary: The Story of a Volunteer, 1862-1865, p. 43
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