Christmas. I came
off guard duty this morning. We drew half rations for four days and part of
that was cornmeal. Our coffee is rye and in small quantities at that. The boys
have gone out to see if they can find a stray hog or beef for Christmas dinner.
Oh! if I could be at home today.
One o'clock. We just now received marching orders to be ready tomorrow morning.
Frank, Bill, Buttons and Boggs of our mess, and Ragan and Doughty of the
Peacock mess, fetched in a whole beef, and a few minutes later Abe, John and
Scott brought in a whole hog. If we live on half rations it will not be of
meat, as we have a hog and half a beef. It is very warm and pleasant today, I
lay down and took a nap, but the flies were so troublesome I could hardly
sleep.
SOURCE: Seth James
Wells, The Siege of Vicksburg: From the Diary of Seth J. Wells,
Including Weeks of Preparation and of Occupation After the Surrender, p.
21-2
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