9 Oc I went on duty
as officer of the Guard had some rough costomers to tend to in the guard
house in the Western division Benton Barracks I got along verry well
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, pp. 98-9
I made a mistake in not detailing a sergeant. The guard house torn down. Company D's quarters used as one. Sent letter to Col. M. J. Thomas. Caught two muskrats. Bake and I were out prospecting. Set 6 traps.
SOURCE: Lewis C. Paxson, Diary of Lewis C. Paxson: Stockton, N.J., 1862-1865, p. 9
