Genl Smiths corps
commences moving at daylight; go out to see them pass; we rec orders to drill
from 10. to 11. A. M. This order is countermanded & orders to be ready to
move immediately. 5 days rations are issued to the men to be carried in the
haver sacks. The 13th Corp begin to move at 1. P. M. at 3.30 Regt falls in line
& moves out. march slow, and are to 9. P. M. getting to camp 5 miles from
Fish river station. Saw where the trees were marked where the skirmish had
occurred. I was detailed for picket as soon as I got to camp, had to go right
out. The train sticks in the mud 3 miles back & our grub did not get up,
boarded with the boys. Lt Hook Co C. detailed today as A. C. M. 3d Div. The
following promotions in co "G" are announced today. Sergt A.
Templeton to be 1st Sergt. Corp A. J. McCollum to be sergt. Privates W. H.
Downing T. J. Vineyard. H. J. Vanderwan & J. Lemons to be Corporals, Corp
W. Thomas at his own request is reduced to the ranks
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa,
Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April 1923, p. 580
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