Lumpkin's Mill. Awoke to find it a muddy morning, it having rained very hard in the night, blowing the fifth tent to the ground. Our tent leaked considerably. Laid quiet all day. No firing heard. Evie went foraging, gone nearly all day. In the evening ordered to have two days' rations ready to march at sunrise.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 16
Enroute. Advanced
about five miles, starting at about 8 o'clock, marched south, leaving Waterford
on our left. Halted some three hours on the road, it raining continually. We
were passed by General Hamilton and staff, also General Grant and suite. Came
into camp at 4 P. M. some three miles from the Tallahatchie in open field near
large mansion used as Quinby's headquarters. Stretched our tarpaulin and slept
sound.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, pp. 16-7
Enroute. A sunny and
bright day, dried up the mud and made things cheerful. Hitched up at 8 A. M.,
stayed harnessed until 3 P. M. We then moved out to the river and went to camp in
sight of the rebels' fortifications. Some of the boys crossed the river while
watering [horses]. Pitched our tents.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 17
Enroute. We remained
quiet all day. Rained in the evening. Pitched Quartermaster's tent. Felt
symptoms of the ague, felt rather bad.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 17
Enroute. Took up the
line of march through mud and rain early. In the morning the rain that was
continually falling made the road almost unpassable for the artillery. Crossed
the Tallahatchie with difficulty, passed fortifications which might have given
us much trouble to pass had they been held by their builders. Met thirty
prisoners. Halted at Abbeville about two hours at noon, then pushed on. Night
overtook the train while crossing a lagoon [Herrington's Creek], which was very
difficult. Stood in the road till 8 P. M., when finding it impossible to cross,
we came into park on the road-side in an old cornfield, slept on the tarpaulin,
no shelter.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 17
Oxford, Miss. Awoke
with an unpleasant feeling, a racking pain in back and head. Started out early,
the road having frozen hard enough to bear footmen, marched without much
difficulty. Reached Oxford by noon. Neat place, two-thirds the size of Holly
Springs; compared favorably with it in building but not in situation. Went into
camp on the southern limits, saw some 700 prisoners marched in from the advance.
Price still ahead. One darky reported him almost to hell.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, pp. 17-8
Oxford. Nothing new.
Laid in camp. Many rumors afloat of Richmond taken, Bragg defeated, etc. Health
improving.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 18
Oxford. A lazy day
for the Battery. Nothing transpired to excite the drowsiness of the soldier.
Received a paper of the 3rd containing the President's Proclamation.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 18
Oxford. Warm and
pleasant. Quinby's Division inspected by U. S. Grant and suite. Troubled with
diarrhea.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 18
Oxford. Warm and
pleasant. Health improving. Diarrhea checked by abstaining from all eatables
except hard crackers. All teams sent foraging. 3rd Platoon had 1 hog, 2 geese.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 18
Oxford. Rumors of
march. Logan's Division left to-day. Troops passing in the afternoon. Had
standing gun drill. Ordered to have five roll calls in a day. Order No. 1 from
Colonel Marsh, 20th Illinois, post commander of Oxford, read.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 18
Near Oxford. Orders
given at roll call in the morning to be ready to march at 7 A. M. 3 days'
rations. Took up the line of march back towards town much to the dissatisfaction
of all, which was relieved by turning south and once more on the track of old
Price, travelled six miles, then went into park. Took a team to drive, the
center team on the gun formerly driven by A. Dearborn.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 18
Near Oxford. All
quiet. Foraging party started out at 6 A. M. Gone all day. They report a poor
country, with much more loyalty apparently than could be expected. Citizens
refuse to take Confederate scrip as heretofore, many exhibiting a white flag on
their dwellings upon which was inscribed "Union". Received letters
from John from Jefferson, Wis.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, pp. 18-9
Near Oxford. A day
of excitement which came near ending in a serious affair, caused by certain
members of the 1st Missouri Regular Battery assailing the colored cooks as they
were going after water. After dinner as Anthony [the colored cook] was passing
by, he was assaulted and abused. He appealed to the boys, when a rush was made,
and in an instant a crowd was gathered consisting of the 6th and 12th Wisconsin
and 11th Ohio against the Regulars, armed with clubs, revolvers, knives and
axes. The officers interposed, which closed it with but a few bloody noses and
several knock downs. Warm and heavy.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 19
Near Oxford. It
rained nearly all day, making it very muddy, hard for our horses. No mail for
two days.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 19
Davis Mills. We had
a general inspection by U. S. Grant and General Quinby of the 3rd Division.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 13
La Grange, Tenn.
Awoke to hear the rain pattering briskly on the Sibley [tent] above me. We were
called out, and with expectations to march, we drew three days' rations in our
haversacks. 8 A. M. the rain cleared off and the column of infantry began to
move by on the road leading to Holly Springs. At 9 A. M. we fell in rear of
column. We marched west about three quarters of a mile, then turned north
toward La Grange; travelled through very pretty country. We halted at Wolf
River to water our horses, fill our canteens and ate a dinner of hard crackers
and sugar. Ascended a steep hill, half a mile in length, on the top of which
was situated La Grange, when we turned westward and travelled until 7 P. M.
Encamped on a hill. Killed a beef for supper.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 13
Moscow, Tenn. Up at
4 A. M., cooked our breakfast and again on the road by 6 o'clock, and after a
four hours' march through a broken country, well cleared, persimmons plenty, we
arrived at Moscow, where we went into camp for the time. Rode to water through
a town completely deserted, no trace of a citizen. I, as could be expected, was
bothered on the march by my foot and could not have kept up, were it not for S.
E. Sweet, who allowed me to ride his colt part of the time.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 13
Moscow. To-day,
ordered to pack our knapsacks, mark them preparatory to turning them over, and
take them to be stored until we were to be permanently camped.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 13
Moscow. Mail arrived
to-day. Received two letters; weather rather cold. Went foraging in the
morning; returned with fresh pork, beans, corn and fodder in plenty.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 13
