Mon [December] 22 [1862]

little warmer -- In hos. & writing letters for sick, &c. Powell
died of gun shot in side. Sd. 60 13 in G. Mortars have arrived. Pickets
ordered 5 days rations. Eng -- Margesin Co. E died of penumonia --
buried Powell.

Four men named Powell in the 25th New Jersey: Captain Charles R. Powell of Company G; Private Daniel B. of Company D; Private Josiah Powell of Company F and Private Martin V.B. of Company D.

Butler may have been referring to the 13-inch Model 1861 seacoast mortar. So heavy they had to be transported by train, they were generally used in coastal fortifications though a famous one knicknamed "The Dictator" was employed in the siege of Petersburg, Va., in 1864.

Private Richard D. Margeson