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, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April
1923, p. 570
