Thursday Nov 25 [1864]

a little warmer to
day, but Very muddy
the mortality is
fearfull here now from
40 to 50 a day how long
will we last got up
at day break & went to
the well and drawed
water for tobacco sold
the tobacco and bought
a piece of bread from
a Johnny. got a Ration
of Rice Soup and Bread
to day about 11 A.M. at
Noon when the Relief came
in a lot of us our Squad
and one next to us Jump
on them and took thjeir
Guns got 14 and got
a few from the post
in side we tried to
get out the ones near
the gates came a running
to wards us to see what
was up in stead of a
taking the gates so
we failed they opened
with 2 guns on us --
the first was blank
and the boys cheered &
the next shot were
scrapnell. we had
28 men Killed and about
70 odd wounded, Tom
Springer wanted me to
get a mule if we got out
and come for him
I told him I would do so
but we did not get out.
we were ordered to get
in our holes and stay
there.