Thursday, September 24, 2009

Tuesday Sept 27th 1864

All quiet during the Night. Slept very
well, but it was pretty cold. Up at
7 and turned out immediately
Old Sol came up in all his glory
and made it very pleasant.
The sickness of the Camp is pretty large
but the mortality is very small. A great
many is sent to the General Hospital.
the No. of men in camp when we first
came was 5791, it has come down to
4724. Sick call at 9 A.M. Cannonading
heard in direction of Petersburg. All in at 9 A.M.
27 Men sent to Gen. Hos. Bulford McGarvy
At 11 1/2 Drew soft Bread (25) & fresth beef (2)
at 4 P.M. Drew Bread (25) but did not
get the soup until 6 P.M. Boiled
my soup. The day pleasant
cool & Windy. [Word erased] 2 Men
sent to fill up the squad.

Cpl. John Bulford of Co. G
Could not identify McGarvy

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