Thursday Oct 27th [1864]

Morning cloudy and sprinkling
rain. Made a bucket of dumplings
Meadwell of our company died last
Night. Average 100 Per Week. All of
them, or the Most of them die
from Diarea and Disentery
They haul them out in a
Wagon every day. No Coffin
Heistey of our Co. Died this
Morning. Continued raining at
intervals pretty hard all day
590 more Prisoners from Richmond
Captured in the Valley 19th Oct.
came in this Afternoon. At 8 P.M.
We drew Bread Hot from the Oven
nothing else. Drew Rice Soup

Private James A. Meadwell Co. G, 191st Pennsylvania
Private Frederick A. Heisely Co. G, 191st Pennsylvania