Rose early got a good breakfast on boat -- saw
no signs of baggage -- went to camp -- Staid in pine bough
but nothing to eat but hard tack coffee & raw pork
& two or three sweet cakes -- all day. Dr. Reiley brot. a
piece of roast turkey & bread for us, shared with Col
Mindel[?] The men suffer much fr. smoke of camp
fires. At dress parade spoke a few words & offered prayer.
Col D[errom] & I slept in a bough hut -- with Col Mindel &
Officers -- before a watch fire -- but it was very close
storming, & tho. warm when started, cold end before daylight.
Ther[mometer] must have stood abt 20 o. clear windy moonlight
night. The officers sang hymns & Gloria in excelsis.
In eveg. talked with Tom Cook -- poor boy had just learned
of his brother's death. Men stand it well -- Got a surgeon
fr. N.Y. regt. to dress Bugler's leg -- cut by an axe --
James Riley, Surgeon of the 25th New Jersey
Thomas Cook, Private in Co. H.
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