Friday, September 4, 2026

Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Thursday, December 25, 1862

Lumpkin's Mill.  Christmas! Christmas! resounded through the camp this morning; everyone turning the gay reminiscence of the past in their minds and hoping again to enjoy. Laid quiet during the day. Ate a Christmas dinner of dumplings and unleavened bread. The howitzers ordered to prepare to march, going in charge of a provision train to Memphis. Troubled with bad cold.

SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 21

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