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March, 1862.
March, 1
Our brigade, in command of General Dumont, started for Lavergne, a village eleven miles out on the Murfreesboro road, to look after a regiment of cavalry said to be in occupation of the place.
Arrived there a little before sunset, but found the enemy had disappeared.
The troops obtained whisky in the village, and many of the soldiers became noisy and disorderly.
A little after nightfall the compliments of a Mrs. Harris were presented to me, with request tha ttle bundle under his arm, the Major said: Doesn't it make you feel bad to run away from your masters?
Oh, no, massa; dey is gone, too.
Reached Murfreesboro in the afternoon.
March, 22
Men at work rebuilding the railroad bridge.
General Dumont returns to Nashville.
Colonel Lytle, of the Tenth Ohio, will assume command of our brigade.
My servant has imposed upon me for about a month.
He arises in the morning when he pleases; prepares my meals when it suits his pleasure, and is
November, 1862.
November, 9
In camp at Sinking Spring, Kentucky.
Thomas commands the Fourteenth Army Corps, consisting of Rousseau's, Palmer's, Dumont's, Negley's, and Fry's divisions; say 40,000 men. McCook has Sill's, Jeff C. Davis', and Granger's; say 24,000.
Crittenden has three divisions, say 24,000.
A large army, which ought to sweep to Mobile without difficulty.
Sinking Spring, as it is called by some, Mill Spring by others, and by still others Lost river, is quite a large stream.
It rises from the ground, runs forty rods or more, enters a cave, and is lost.
The wreck of an old mill stands on its banks.
Bowling Green is three miles southward.
When we get a little further south, we shall find at this season of the year persimmons and opossums in abundance.
Jack says: Possum am better dan chicken.
In de fall we hunt de possum ebbery night ‘cept Sunday.
He am mitey good an‘ fat, sah; sometimes he too fat.
We move at ten o'clock to-morrow.
November, 11