La Grange, Tenn.
Awoke to hear the rain pattering briskly on the Sibley [tent] above me. We were
called out, and with expectations to march, we drew three days' rations in our
haversacks. 8 A. M. the rain cleared off and the column of infantry began to
move by on the road leading to Holly Springs. At 9 A. M. we fell in rear of
column. We marched west about three quarters of a mile, then turned north
toward La Grange; travelled through very pretty country. We halted at Wolf
River to water our horses, fill our canteens and ate a dinner of hard crackers
and sugar. Ascended a steep hill, half a mile in length, on the top of which
was situated La Grange, when we turned westward and travelled until 7 P. M.
Encamped on a hill. Killed a beef for supper.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 13
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