Dec. 6th, '62

Clear & quite cold
this morning.
Up & eat breakfast
before daylight.
Ground covered with
snow.
Marched at 8 A.M.,
8 or 10 miles from
camp, in direction of
Franklin; got into
a skirmish, -- near-
ly surrounded, & com-
pelled to return
without filling
all our wagons, --
one man of Co. I
killed, & one of Co.
C. wounded slight-
ly. Very hard trav-
elling on account
of the snow melt-
ing.

Skirmish at Kimbrough's Mill, Mill Creek, Tenn.

Dec. 5th, '62

Snowed nearly
all forenoon.
Ordered to be rea-
dy 8 A.M. to-mor-
row to go with
wagon train for
forage.
Clear but cool
to-night.

Dec. 4th, '62

Clear but cool to-
day.
At 9 A.M. form-
ed the line for
review by Gen'l
Rosecrans; moved
out to the W. of the
Camp about a mile;
review continued
until 3 P.M.
Our whole division
was reviewed.
It was the grand-
est military dis-
play I ever witnessed.
Genl' Rosecrans a
man of medium
size, dark hair, bear
& mustache. Apparently,
of a pleasant, affable
disposition.

Dec. 3d, '62

Still in camp; clear
& pleasant. Ordered to
be ready by 8 1/2 A.M.
to-morrow, with
knapsacks neatly
packed and on, for general review by
Gen'l Rosecrans.
Col. Lane returned
to reg't today, from
Hospital at Louisville,
where he has been
near a month.

General William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898)
Colonel John Q. Lane, Ohio Infantry Volunteers

Dec. 2d, '62

Still in camp; some-
what cloudy, but the
sun is shining.
Nothing unusual occurred.

Dec. 1st, '62

A most violent
thunder storm last
night; the rain fell in
torrents.
Cloudy this morn-
ing, but not rain-
ing. Quite cool.
This afternoon we
were reviewed, pre-
paratory, it is said,
to a general review
by General Rosecrans.
Col. Wagoner's quar-
ters are now on
the very same ground
that the[y] were last
winter!

Nov. 30th, '62

Still in camp.
In compliance with
the spirit and letter
of the recent proc-
lamation of the
President, the labor
of to-day has been
"reduced to the mea-
sure of strict ne-
cessity."
Inspection of arms, &
preaching this fore-
noon. Raining some
this P.M.
Dress parade at 4
P.M.

Nov. 29th, '62

Still in camp;
nothing unusual
occurred to-day to
relieve the monot-
ony of camp life,
to me it is quite a-
greeable as it af-
fords me an op-
portunity of resting
my feet.
Battalion drill, &
dress parade this
afternoon.

Nov. 28th, '62

Still in camp.
Maj. Moore & I went
to the city to-day;
were in the State
House; it is a mag-
nificent structure,
but, I think, does
not equal our own
state House.
Gen'l Negley certain-
ly deserves credit
for the manner
in which he has
fortified the city.


Major James W. Moore, 97th Ohio
Major General James Scott Negley (1826-1901)

Nov. 27th, '62

Still in camp.
Thanksviving day.

Nov. 26th, '62

As anticipated, we
marched near noon to-
day, toward Nashville,
on the N. & L. pike;
left the pike about
2 1/2 ms. from the city;
moved across the fields & struck the
N. & Chattanooga R.R.
about 3 ms. from the
former city, where
we encamped.
They are repairing
a bridge just be-
low our camp.
The firing of can-
non, heard last
night, on account
of the arrival of
the cars from Louis-
ville, Ky.

Nov. 25th, '62

Still in Camp; at
about 9 A.M., we
rec'd. an order
to be ready to
march at 12 M.,
but in a short
time the order
was countermand-
ed. Will probably,
march about M.
tomorrow.
Firing of cannon
heard last night
& this morning,
in direction of
Nashville.

Nov. 24th, '62

Still in Camp.
Brig. Off. of day;
picket lines about
4 miles.