Guard duty is the
order of the day. Companies A and F taking turn about. We had a very heavy snow
storm last night and today it is still snowing. Oldest inhabitants say they
have never seen such cold weather and so much snow. Thermometer 4 degrees below
zero. We have only our tents and they are not much protection in such cold
weather. We have to go on duty without fires and walk up and down in the snow
in low shoes when it is a foot deep, no gloves and very scant clothing, so we
can form some idea what our Revolutionary Sires went through.
SOURCE: Joseph
Stockton, War Diary (1862-5) of Brevet Brigadier General Joseph
Stockton, p. 7
