Thursday, October 22, 2009

Saturday Oct. 22nd [1864]

Very cold. And Slept by turns. Kept
the fire up all night. burned up
all the Wood we had saved.
Made Rawley some Coffee & toast
at 8 A.M. Drew our Ration
of Bread & Molasses. Morning
cloudy and cool. The sun did not
come out but was cool all day.
At 12 M we drew our Rice Soup.
Bought a pint of Rice. Cooked
one half of it. Evening very cool
& cloudy. After dark the wind
fell. Drew a small Ration of
Wood.

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