Rains incessantly from 5 A. M. Charles Shaw “E.” Co. Detch'd
as Post teamster shot in shoulder by an Indian soldier of the 9th Kansas, while
coming after dark with load of wood. Genl. Orders No. 3 Regt Hd Qtrs. issued.
Genl. Salomon now in comd of Post. Dist of Little Rock relieved pr Orders War
Dept. Capt. Rankin gets his pistol stolen by a soldier of 3d Mich, with a box
for K. co, whose conscience smote him to a confession and giving up the goods
he yet had and paying for the balance. Capt Wright of 3d Iowa Battery,
dismissed the Service for drunkenness on the street, subject to the approval of
the President, Camp rumor (not reliable) 800 rebel soldiers came in today and
took the Oath—
SOURCE: “Diary of John S. Morgan, Company G, 33rd Iowa
Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 8, April 1923,
p. 570
