When off duty read, write letters, wash and mend my clothes.
Try to keep clean and in good condition. Do my part handling an axe. We use up
a whole lot of wood during this extreme cold weather. Try to keep as
comfortable as we can. All sorts of questions come up for discussion. The close
of the war is the most important. All companies do much singing during the
evening. There are some violins and banjos in camp.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lynch, The Civil War Diary,
1862-1865, of Charles H. Lynch 18th Conn. Vol's, p. 140
