Vincent DeLong's Diary of 1864

Sunday, December 11, 1864

inspection went of all right
I expect to go before the bord
to morow

I wrote Sally ann
a letter and bidy a scrip also

Very cold to day and windy
home wories me more than ever before

Monday, December 12, 1864

was not examined as I expected
wrote Libbie a letter Etc

to morow I am going to send
hur a paper and 3 penies in it

Tuesday, December 13, 1864

Found out that my transportation
home this time was free
and I get no ration money
buf I had to pay my way
home and back it would cost
me 25 dollars and as it is it
only cost 5.. and the rations
would only amounted to 7.25
so I had ought to be satesfied

Wednesday, December 14, 1864

(Through the 18th the diary entries are in a very faint ink that is difficult to read.)

a great overhalling in the
ward bed changed and numbers
also register made Etc

I am moove to the
other end of the Ward

Thursday, December 15, 1864

we wer examined this morn
Davis and others are marked
for their Discharge I poor
Devil a had that I'll back
to the front in the Invaled
Cavelry

Friday, December 16, 1864

I wrote Hanton (?) a letter
the comence Whitewashing
the ward

rather warmer
than of late

Saturday, December 17, 1864

cleaning the Ward ___ing
it all over again it
hur Very prety under foot
a saloot of five hundred
guns wer fired yesterday
in Washingon for our good
news and Victoreys won
over the Rebs in Ga. & Tenn

Sunday December 18, 1864

the inspection pass of rather
smoothly diner is over and
and writing Phy a letter

(there may be a couple of lines very faintly written here.)

it looks like rain this
afternoon

Monday, December 19, 1864

the Whitewashing is going
on brisk beds halled heare
and thare the flore is
prety well whitened
scrubring splashing
and dashing about is
the order of the day

Tuesday, December 20, 1864

am anciously waiting
a letter from home
the Ward is in an awful
hubbub as isual
they comenced papering
and finished Whitewash
-ing to day