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Jenkin L. Jones
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Jenkin L. Jones
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Monday, May 18, 2026
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Monday, December 1, 1862
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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 ten...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Tuesday, December 2, 1862
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Enroute. Advanced about five miles, starting at about 8 o'clock, marched south, leaving Waterford on our left. Halted some three hours o...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Wednesday, December 3, 1862
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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 mo...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Thursday, December 4, 1862
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Enroute. We remained quiet all day. Rained in the evening. Pitched Quartermaster's tent. Felt symptoms of the ague, felt rather bad. S...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Friday, December 5, 1862
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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 unp...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Saturday, December 6, 1862
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Oxford, Miss. Awoke with an unpleasant feeling, a racking pain in back and head. Started out early, the road having frozen hard enough to be...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Sunday, December 7, 1862
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Oxford. Nothing new. Laid in camp. Many rumors afloat of Richmond taken, Bragg defeated, etc. Health improving. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Monday, December 8, 1862
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Oxford. A lazy day for the Battery. Nothing transpired to excite the drowsiness of the soldier. Received a paper of the 3rd containing the P...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Tuesday, December 9, 1862
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Oxford. Warm and pleasant. Quinby's Division inspected by U. S. Grant and suite. Troubled with diarrhea. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones, ...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Wednesday, December 10, 1862
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Oxford. Warm and pleasant. Health improving. Diarrhea checked by abstaining from all eatables except hard crackers. All teams sent foraging....
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Thursday, December 11, 1862
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Oxford. Rumors of march. Logan's Division left to-day. Troops passing in the afternoon. Had standing gun drill. Ordered to have five rol...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Friday, December 12, 1862
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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 to...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Saturday, December 13, 1862
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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 th...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Sunday, December 14, 1862
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Near Oxford. A day of excitement which came near ending in a serious affair, caused by certain members of the 1st Missouri Regular Battery a...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Monday, December 15, 1862
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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 Ar...
Monday, March 30, 2026
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Sunday, November 16, 1862 — 10 a.m.
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Davis Mills. We had a general inspection by U. S. Grant and General Quinby of the 3rd Division. SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd Jones, An Artillerym...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Monday, November 17, 1862
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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,...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Tuesday, November 18, 1862
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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...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Wednesday, November 19, 1862
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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 pe...
Diary of Private Jenkin Lloyd Jones: Thursday, November 20, 1862
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Moscow. Mail arrived to-day. Received two letters; weather rather cold. Went foraging in the morning; returned with fresh pork, beans, corn ...
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