Monday, March 30, 2026

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Tuesday, November 25, 1862

Moscow. Orders were sent to Captain to have two best non-commissioned officers to report at Colonel Powell's headquarters by 8 A. M. Sergt. A. J. Hood and Corporal Hauxhurst were sent, acting as orderlies. Tent moved back. The whole camp policed. 2 o'clock the howitzers (3rd and 5th pieces) were ordered out on picket duty without caissons, one extra horse.

SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 14

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