1862 March 28 Camp Beard

[from the diary of Daniel Logan, younger brother of General Thomas M. Logan, and a Sgt., Co. B, 1st Independent Battalion (Rightor's), Louisiana Infantry]


Camp Beard

Friday – March 28th 1862
Alarm bell rang at 4 this morning –
I did not get up until 6 ½ o’clock –
Had a fine breakfast this morning
with the boys – Waited in town to get the
papers – Wrote to Mrs Roy to day in
answer to her letter & box of butter & the
bouquet from the young ladies – Acknowledged
receipt of Ten dols from Father – Spent
a few hours in the Miss Battalion &
borrowed an Enfield rifle from Lieut Coffee –
Saw Lindsay today & GeoTabb from the latter
Got a mule & rode him into Camp at Lees
Mill – Geo went on to Youngs farm – find
all of miss [Mississippi] No 3 but Elliott & Fry in camp –
Took charge of the company at Tattoo
tonight – Rec’d two letters ofrom Norcum
today from Julie one at Glenn Cannon & one
at Greenville SoCa – Saw Willie Huger today – he
reports all well at home when he left –


[his sister, Julia Rowena Logan, 1836-1909]

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards; annotation by Robert K. Krick]

MSS 6154