August 1864

1st   Weather fair no news of importance

2d   beautiful day showers occasionally just Enough to purify the air & make it comfortable

3d   weather fair on Camp Fatigue all day nearly have a well shaded Camp, but it is all artificial Shade Geo. H. Hovey very sick

4th   weather fair George H. Hovey died at 8-45 PM

5th   weather fair

6th   mail 8 A.M. (1) move on board the U.S. Transport "Tree Stone" at 9. P.M. see the 95th

7th   start down the River at 8. A.M. stuck on a sand Bar at 12. M.

8th   arrive at the Mouth of White River at 10. O.C.A.M. but our fleet is not all here yet land & wait Embark at night mail (8) at 3. O.C.P.M.

9th   still we are laying here waiting to coal the boats I guess preparatory to our voyage down the Mississippi River weather beautiful 3.P.M. still we are waiting orders or something Else I know not what good news from Sherman at Atlanta & from U. S. Grant at Peter Burg. no telling when we will go or how far we shall go before stopping when we start, start at 4. P.M. down

10th   run all night, fleet lashed together in couples make pretty good head way weather fair Expect to reach Vicksburg Miss. at 4. O.C.P.M. lay over 1.Hour & then proceed down the River run all night

11th   pass Natchez at Sunrise, reach Morganza L.A. at 3. P.M. draw rations (3. days) lay over night. rain in the Afternoon, Gard. Tripp comes down to see us in the Evening their Reg. is in camp two miles above at the Fort

12th   Ogden Sands comes down to see us weather fair all ready to start down to Baton Rouge we Expect to go,

13th   still we are waiting Orders from below move on shore at 9. O.C.A.M & go into Camp to await our Orders

14th   pretty warm on guard on board U.S. Transport "Free Stone"

15th   weather fair

16th   move camp weather very fine

17th   very hard showers in the afternoon two mails come (0) in the course of the day

18th   rain in the forenoon mail at noon (1) no news of any importance P.M. Capt. Black arrives from the detachment who are Expected here soon

19th   Cloudy inspection to-day by Col. Black dull times here in Camp nothing to do,

20th   very rainy morning but fine afternoon

21st   weather fair Col. Black started for New Orleans yesterday

22nd   weather fair Gen'l Inspection by Capt Huntley A, & I, G, visit the Camp of the 92d U.S. Inf.ty. see Capt, Sands & Lt Tripp have a gay time return at Evening

23d   weather fair

24th   weather Comfortable no news of importance,

25th   weather fair

26th   very warm to-day

27th   weather fair but very warm move Camp one mile up the River & camp outside the Levee, Mail (2)

28th   beautiful day march to Hd quarters 19th A.C. & report to Lt Col. Slocum PM. G.[?] for duty the whole Co. under Capt KEnnicott

29th   weather fair on Provo. Guard quite Easy duty

30th   weather fine

31st   Weather cloudy in the morning fair in the afternoon muster by Lieut. Col. Payne for six months pay. another month has gone & still we are gaining slowly I cannot be mustered as a Veteran, therefore must go Home the first of next month but only for a short time when I intend to return to this Regiment to serve another three years unless sooner discharged