Memphis. Awakened by the morning gun at the fort; fell
in for roll call, Sergeant Hamilton acting orderly. Saw a Memphis Bulletin of
the 30th, the first newspaper since that bearing the date of the 12th. Watered
my horses, then rode into the fort with Colburn. Met Milton Campbell of the
23rd Wisconsin Regiment. The Regiment had gone down the river, leaving
twenty-nine convalescents behind. The boys were furnished with a pass to go to
town, others taking leg bail, by night. Several heavy heads. Drew six days'
rations.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 23
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