Sunday Sept 11th [1864]

Rained all night. Turned out
at Sun-up. They did not Keep us
long. They commenced going in
as soon as they got out. At 11
A.M. we drew Bread -- (soft (25) &
meat[)] Cloudy At 1 P.M. commenced
raining Turned out the squad
and had roll call. Rained
abut one hour. At 3 P.M. Drew
Soft Bread (25) & Bean Soup (2)
Give my soup to Jerry. I could
not eat my soup or Bread
Had the Diarea very bad and
had no apetite.

One man in the regiment was named Jerry, Jerry O'Connell of Co. E. Seven men in the regiment were named Jeremiah or Jerome. Other good candidates for Jerry would be two from Co. G: Jerome Donze or Douze and Jeremiah Jones, both privates