Friday Oct. 14th [1864]

Up nearly all night. At daylight I
made Jerry a Tin of Coffee. At 8 A.M.
I made him a Tin of Beef Tea. Some
one stole [Sgt. James W.] Eberharts Cup last night
Commenced drawing rations at 7 A.M.
At 11 A.M. drew warm Bread (51)
and a large ration of Beef. At 4 P.M.
Drew rice soup. All passed off
Quiet. Counted off at 4 P.M.
Had a shake at 4 P.M.

Springer is probably suffering from malaria.

Thursday Oct 13th [1865]

Slept pretty well under the Blanket.
Did not get up until the drum beat the
fall in call. Counted off. At 11 A.M. Drew
our Rations Hard bread (4 1/2) & one Pint
of Rice soup. Quite warm during the day
At 4 P.M. was counted of by the Quarter
Master. Evening cool. I took the dumb
ague at 4 P.M.
Drew a small ration of wood

The "dumb ague" a generic term for chills and fever was the beginning of Springer's fight against typhoid fever.

Wednesday Oct 12th

Did not sleep very well last night
rather to cold. Morning clear and warm
after the sun came out. At 8 A.M. the
Drum sounded the fall in call. Counted off
by the Quarter Master. About 10 A.M.
we drew Bread (50) and nothing else
Day passed off quietly quite warm
Drew 2 sticks of wood. [Rawley H.] Jolliff bought a
Blanket ^'(25)' & 2 Potato Pies (5)

Tuesday Oct 11th [1864]

Slept very well better than I have
any night yet. I got up at 3 A.M.
to get water. (It is very scarce) but
the Guard would not let any
one out until 7 A.M. I burned my
bread and laid down again. At
7. we got out. Knox Campbell
got the water. I made a pot of
Coffee. I saw Lt. Springer this
morning. At 9 A.M. fell in and
was counted off by the Q.M. At
10 A.M. they issued Bread & nothing else
(50). Very hot all day. At 12 M they
commenced issuing soup, but it did [not]
reach us. We had to do with out.
We drew a pretty good ration of
wood. report says, they are going
to Parole us. This is the hardest
hole we was ever in. No water and
only one half loaf Bread. Got a
Shave today. Made a Bucket
of Coffee. Evening clear cool &
chilly

Monday Oct 10th 1864

The night was very cold. but I managed
to get some sleep. but I nearly froze
myself. Morning clear & very cool
Made Jerry some tea out of bark
At 8 A.M. the Drums beat And all
fell in and was counted off
for rations. Drew nothing but
soft Bread (50). Toasted some
for Jerry in the Hospital. Sun came
out and made it very comfortable
Slept all morning. In our corner of
the yard is the Main Building.
Cotton Factory. in it they had
confined their Deserters. they were
taken away today. At 4 P.M. Drew
1 Pint of Rice soup. Directly after
our soup. [Cpl. Rawley H.] Jollif[f] [Sgt. James W.] Eberhart Rutter &
myself got in the Building. 3
Stories high & capable of holding 300
on a floor. We slept on the 3rd floor
Evening clear & cool.

Pvt. John R. Rutter, Co. G 191st Infantry?
There was also a Thompson Rutter in Co. I.

Sunday Oct 9th [1864]

Passed the night pretty much the same
as last night. I laid down and slept
until I got cold, then I would take
a turn around the Camp to warm
up. Morning clear & cool. At 8 A.M.
all the Squads fell in And was
counted by Quarter Master then we
drew rations. Bread 1 days ration (50)
2 Buckets of Beef. Just about twice
as much as we drew on the Isle
About 3 P.M. 400 more came in
Camp. I suppose there is 6,000 here
now. At 3 1/2 we drew soup. 4 Buckets
Rice Soup. It was not worth any
thing. Evening cool. At 8 I layed down

Saturday Oct 8th [1864]

The night was very cold and was
spent in walking around to Keep warm
About 11 A.M. we marched back to the
Depot and shipped for Salsbury we got
on top of the Cars Started about 12 M
1st Station passed Jamestown (10) 2nd Passed
High Point ^'(15 miles)' 3rd Thomasville 20 Miles
4th Lexington (33) 5th Wattsburg (44) Miles
6th Salisbury ^'arrived at sundown' 51 miles from Greensboro
We were on the W & N.C. Rail Road
286 miles from Richmond
to Salisbury
when we arrived at Saulsbury we
were nearly frozen Having been on
the Cars 7 hours. We were formed into
line and marched out to the Camp
About 1/4 mile from town, and counted
off in Squads of 100 men. Ours was the
10 squad 5 Division. The camp is a very
pleasant one. One half is shaded by tall
oak. And a row of [erased word] brick buildings
through the middle. the Officers Quarters
are log huts Just in the rear. When we
started we had two days rations. they
were up last night. -- we have had no
rations ississued to us. or nothing to eat
except what we bought on the Road.
The guards with us trreated us very
mean. Stopping all the Pedlers
and buying their goods. And selling
them to us for four times their worth
Jolliff sold his watch for $100
I borrowed $5.00 from him
The women along the road treated us very
Kindly waving thir Kerchiefs &c. Men are
scarce. At three Houses I counted 18
women & not a Man to be seen. The crops
along the road appear to be pretty good
When we were dismissed. I made my
Bucket full of Wheat Coffee. With that &
the Hard tack One pie (sweet potato) and
one large sweet cake we made a pretty
good supper. Jerry laid down and soon
we were along side of him but ^'it' was
to cold to sleep

Cpl. Rawley H. Jolliff 191st Pennsylvania