1862 April 25

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

                        Friday – April 25^th 1862

Rose at 5 this morning – Our company

got ready to go in the trenches

as picket, the La Guards as

the Grivots went – before we

started Col Marigny ordered us

to return to Camp Rawle where the

battalion arrived by 8 ½ o’clock

We had peas and bread for breakfast

this morning – we miss our coffee

terribly – I wrote a letter today

to Julie & one to Emmett Ross –

Got hold of “What will he do with

it”, & spent the evening reading –

We have a grand old fire tonight

It sat a man thinking – Yesterday Capt

Cosingham burst a shell among a crowd

of the Enemy who came in the field –

the shooting among our pickets is not

[-] as [-] – Read Dicks letter

[The following is cross-written  over the above page.]   

 from Aunt Pat today 12^th Inst – saying that 

Phil & Billy were unhurt in the battle of                    

Shiloh – but she fears Joe was injured               

I took the liberty of busting the Seal                               

 [Aunt Pat MAY be Martha Burton Logan, wife of uncle Dan.]

[Joseph Glover Logan, 1830-1869]

[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards,  family comments by Logan's great grand niece Sally Rice Forsyth Donnelly]

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