Smith O Mich Mrs Mary Ann Smith Armada P.O. McComb Co. Mich. Music in treble clef, key of F major, ¾ time No 2 – Boots and Saddles Music in treble clef, key of C major, cut time No 3 – To Horse Music in treble clef, key of C major, cut time JANUARY Satterday 7. Still in Camp Sunday 8. Started on a Scout to [illegible in original] Camped on old jeneral Jacksons old home Stid Monday 9. Marched and Camped in the road JANUARY. 1865 tusday 10. Still on the March got in to murfys- -burrow at night wensday 11. Saw the rig's that Aaron wasin but did not se him he wa on picket [illegible in original] march Campt near the rail road thirsday 12. marched al day JANUARY. 13. friday march in to Shelbyville and went in to Camp 14. Satterday Marched for fayet ville went in to Camp at night 15. Sunday tuck up march a to fayetteville and went to in to Camp JANUARY. Monday 16. Moved Camp about 5 miles our pickets fired in to one horse killed Tusday 17. tuck up march went in to Camp [illegible in original] at night Wensday 18. marched to within 20 miles of Pulaskey JANUARY. Thirsday 19. Marched Most to town and back and went in to Camp and went a foragin friday 20. Still in Camp went a foragen Satterday 21. Sill in Camp went a foragen JANUARY. 22. Sonday in Camp went a foragen 23. monday in Camp went a foragen 24 tusday in Camp went a foragen JANUARY. wenday 25. in Camp had general inSpection and went a foragen thirsday 26. Still in Camp friday 27. still in Camp JANUARY. Satterday 28. still in Camp Sunday 29. Still in Camp monday 30. Startedon a Scout marched all night JANUARY. 31. tusday went through got to Connersville JANUARY. Satterday 28. Still in Camp Sunday 29. Still in Camp monday 30. Started on a scout marched all night JANUARY. 31. tusday went through got to Connersville FEBRUARY. wensday 1. sent past, Bond, hill and went in to Camp thirsday 2. Hugh Yokley to taming [illegible in original] 250 gotin to Camp got a letter from Mary friday 3. in Camp FEBRUARY. Satterday 4. lay in Camp Sunday 5. lay in Camp Monday 6 lay in Camp Sent a letter to Mary FEBRUARY. tusday 7. lay in Camp wensday 8. lay in Camp 9. thirsday lay in Camp FEBRUARY. friday 10. lay in Camp Satterday 11. lay in Camp Sunday 12. lay in Camp Sent a letter to Mary FEBRUARY. 13. monday went on picket down to Pulaskey tusday wensday 14. [illegible in original] returned from picket it rained all day and night 15. Wensday lay in Camp Sent a letter to Mary FEBRUARY. 16. Thirsday in Camp 17. friday Went on picket down town 18. Satterday reterned from picket went in with Thougs [Read?] to [Buck?] FEBRUARY Sunday 19. lay in Camp Monday 20. W Baker to [tan?] ning [illegible in original] 125 lay in Camp got 2 letters from mary Tusday 21. lay in camp Sent a letter to my Wife. got A letter from Brother Tilton FEBRUARY. Wenssday 22. lay in camp rote a letter to Brother Tilton it rained all day and night Thirsday 23. lay in camp it raind all day I commenced a letter to Aaron Sweet I am on Camp gard Friday 24. Lay in camp finished my letter to Aarron Sweet. Still raining FEBRUARY. 25. Satterday Lay in Camp Sent A letter to Aarron Sweet we had A. thunder shower 26 Sonday Gustas Angus [illegible in original] [illegible in original] lay in Camp 27.Monday lay in Camp [illegible in original] Commenced A letter to father Sweet FEBRUARY. 1865 28. Tusday lay in Camp finished my letter to father we musterd for pay sent my letter to father Leap. 18 29. year. 64 MARCH. Wensday 1. lay in Camp Thirsday 2. lay in camp. on camp gard it is A rainey day Friday 3. [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] Still in camp rote Some to my wife MARCH. Satterday 4. in camp on camp gard fine day Sunday 5. [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] Still in camp come of [illegible in original] gard [line illegible in original] monday 6 [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] Still in camp. don out Some washing for my Self and [illegible in original] Tusday MARCH. 1865 7. Still in camp Sent A letter to my Wife Wensday 8. Still in Camp on gard and commenced A letter to my Wife Thirsday 9. Still in camp come of camp & gard it rained at night MARCH. Friday 10. Still in camp cold and fresing Sunday Satterday got 2 letters from my wife & a pair Soxs Satterday 11. Still in camp [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] went at foragen [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] Sonday 12. Still in camp wrote A letter to my Wife detaled to go on picket down town MARCH. 13. Monday Went down town on picket Sent my leter of to my Wife 14. Tusday [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] reterned from picket at Pluaskey 15. Wensday lay in camp and driled on horse back detailed to go A foraging MARCH. Thirsday 16. started on a meat expedation when through Conners ville and Louis Birg and on to the [illegible in original] road Campt at [our?] Browers Friday 17. [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] [Written sideways over other writing] campt at night pased through [illegible in original] Satterday 18. [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] started for camp with two lodes of meat got the peach treas in Bloom MARCH. Sonday 19. in cap to day Wrote A letter to my Wife Detaled for camp gard Monday 20. [Come?] of our camp gard went down to mr Edwards and taped my boots got Some Supper and had a good Sing [Written sideways over other writing] and got 2 letters from y Wife and one from Charlay one and from father Sweet tusday 21. in Camp [illegible in original] went downtown got my likeness taken [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] [line illegible in original] MARCH. 22. wensday Sent A. letter to my Wive with A visiting down to mr A Edwards and had A good Sing 23. Thirsday in camp Detailed to go in to the country to [reicrute?] the horses 24. Friday Started for the country marched to the east of cannons vill on gard at night MARCH. Satterday 25. ples moved camp about 4 miles and drawed rations Sunday 26. ples moved about 5 miles went through Spring place A sitison came in preached A Sermon text the 2ch 2 timothey 3 verse Monday 27. rained lay in camp MARCH. Tusday 28. rained Marched about three miles drawed [raitions?] Wensday 29. rained the regiment moved about 5 miles and we lost 2 horses looked for them all day did not find camped near [illegible in original] [illegible in original]thirsday Friday 30. rained looked for the horses found them went through new hope went in to camp at [illegible in original] Days place MARCH. Friday 31. fine day went through conners ville went in to camp with the rigament got A letter from my Wife APRIL. Satterday 1. fair Started for camp went through conners ville got in to camp [ant?] night at Pulaskey Sunday 2. fine day in camp rote a letter to my Wife went A visiting to mrs Edwards got a letter from my Wife Monday 3. fine moved camp from fayett vill to the [Elkton?] pike Sent a letter to my Wife [illegible in original] on gard at night APRIL. Tusday 4. fine in camp come of of gard drawed carbines Wensday 5. rainey lay in camp and bilt a fine place Thirsday 6 rain in camp APRIL. firday 7. fine in camp on police duty detaled to go on picket down town Satterday 8. fine went on picket down town got A letter from my wife Sunday 9. rain reterned from picket commenced A letter to my wife APRIL. monday 10. rainy lay in camp Sent A letter to my wife Detaled to go ongard Tusday 11. rainy lay in camp on camp gard Wensday 12. rainy lay in camp come of camp gard APRIL. Thirsday 13. rainy lay in camp and Driled Friday 14. rainy lay in camp fired two hundred guns in honner of the anaversay of fort [illegible in original] Sampter. A. Pulaskey Satterday 15. rainy in camp in Generals in spection day we had inspeton it has Cleared up fine APRIL. Sonday 16. fine went on. picket. Monday 17. fine day come of a picket we had A day of morning for the los of [illegible in original] Agrham [illegible in original] lilncon Tusday 18. rainy lay in camp Sick with the liver complaint APRIL. Wensday 19. rained at night fair day we observed th funnal of Abrham Lilncon sick yet Thirsday 20. A night rainy in camp Sick no better got A letter from my Wife. Sent A letter to my Wife Friady 21. rainy in camp yet and no better tom Reid Detaled in the [2 words illegible in original] he went APRIL. Satterday 22. fine lay in camp no better yet Sunday 23. fine in camp sick yet monday 24. fine in camp no better yet. APRIL. Tusday 25. fine still in camp I feal some better no better Wensday 26. Fine Still in camp I fel some better got A letter from my Wive Sent A letter to my Wife Thirsday 27. cloudy in camp no better yet APRIL. Friday 28. rainy in camp no better not So well to day Satterday 29. fine still incamp no better we heard that rebl. J Johnson had Surenderd Sonday 30. fine in camp no [illegible in original] better we musterd for pay MAY. Monday 1. fine in camp I feal better sent A letter to my Wife Tusday 2. fine Still in camp I Still feal better got. A. letter from my wife and Sent one to my wife Wensday 3. fine Still in camp feal better MAY. Thirsday 4. fine Still in camp I do not feal as well Friday 5. Fine still in camp I do not feal well yet Satterday 6. fine Detaled to go with After Stolen horses traveled [illegible in original] miles got to fayet ville MAY. Sunday 7. rainey Started back trave led 35 miles got to camp at night Monday 8. raindy lay in camp rote A letter to fother and Sent it Tusday 9. fine Deateled to go after Som witsness went at noon got one . MAY. Wensday 10. fine Still after the men looked all day got tme all and got in to camp at night got A letter from Mary thirsday 11. rainey in camp got A Sent A letter to my Wife and got A letter from my Wife and one from Charlay friday 12. fine in camp [illegible in original] camp gard wrote A letter to my Wife MAY. Satterday 13. fine in camp come of of camp gard Sent A letter to my Wife Sunday 14. fine in camp had company inspetion on horse [illegible in original] at night Monday 15. fine in camp Sent A letter to Charley MAY. Tusday 16. fine in camp general [illegible in original] revued us in peparaton for to morrow got A letter from my wife Wensday 17. rainy [illegible in original] in camp went down town on review but it rained So we did not have the Sent A letter to my Wife Thirsday 18. rainey in camp and drilled on foot MAY. Friday 19. rainey in camp drilled on horse back Satterday 20. fine in camp drawed rations and [illegible in original] around a doing nothing Sunday 21. fine in camp comm enced A latter to my Wife Monday MAY. rainy 22. in camp drilled on horse back finished my letter to my Wife and Sent it Tusday 23. fine in camp drilled on horse back Wensday 24. fine in camp drilled on horse back Thirsday MAY. rainy 25. in camp done out Some washing got A letter from my Wife friday 26. rainy in camp drilled on horse back Satterday 27. fine in camp got A letter from [illegible in original] my Wife and Sent one to her Sunday MAY. fine 28. in camp did not do any thing was to lame Monday 29. fine in camp lain with the rumatism Tusday 30. fine in camp layed idial got A letter from my Wife from cannada MAY. Wensday 31. fine in camp lay idal drawed rations for 5 dayS JUNE. Thirsday 1. fine in camp got the rumatism Friday 2. fine in camp no better Satterday 3. fine in cap nobetter JUNE. Sunday 4. fine in camp no better got A letter from charley and wrote A letter to my wive Monday 5. fine in camp drew 3 days rations Tusday 6. rained in camp done Some washing for my Self JUNE. 1865 Wensday 7. cloudy in camp got A letter from my Wife and my revolver Stolen Thirsday 8. fair in camp [tered?] over my [illegible in original] and Serched for my revolver Friday 9. fair in camp had A bord of [illegible in original] they desided that I Should not pay for my revolver JUNE. Satterday 10. rainy lay in camp our muster out roals dated Sunday 11. fine marched down town and mustered out and come to nashville and went in to the [baroax?] Monday 12. rainey Lay in the barrocks Barrowks JUNE. Tusday 13. rainy lay in [illegible in orignal] waiting to get our pay Wensday 14. cloudy went down town and got our pay 200 [mark illegible in original] 21-80 lay in nashville. Started at 5 got to louSville 18 Thirsday 15. fine crossed to Jefeson ville west to indap polis 85 miles and to michagan Set. 1, 1.82. JUNE. Friday 16. fine came from indanap polis to Mich Sit Satterday 17. fine came from Mich.Sit to detroit and to [regway?] 274 and got home Sunday 18. fine went to meeting to [illegible in original] meeting went to Johns JUNE Monday 19. fine came from [illegible in original] to [Ankona?] to fathers found my Wive thare Tuesday 20. fine Stayed to fathers Wensday 21. fine visited in the vilage JUNE. Thursday 22. fine visiting to day Friday 23. Satterday 24 JULY. 7. 8. 9. JULY. Monday 10. commenced to work for mr Sibbley worked 3/4 2/4 of it day Tusday 11. to work for mr Sibbley Wensday 12. to work for mr Sibbley JULY. Thirsday 13. to work for mr sib to work for Alford in harvest 14. friday worked for me Sibbley 15. Satterday worked for mr Sibbley one half day worked 5 days and A half JULY. Sunday 16. went to mr Butterfields funral So rote A letter to Fath ers folks and Charley and Henerys folks Monday 17. worked for mr Sibbley . . . Tusday 18. worked for mr Sibbley . . . JULY. Wensday 19. worked for mr Sibbley Thirsday 20. Friday 21. JULY. Satterday 22. worked for mr Sibbley this week 4 days and A quarter Sunday 23. A Campbll [line illegible in original] Monday 24. JULY. 25. 26. 27. JULY28. Satterday 29. worked for. mr Sibbley 4 days and A half Sunday 30. JULY. Monday 31. worked for mr Sibbley AUGUST. Tusday 1. commenced work for Alford Alford payed me one dollar Wensday 2. worked for Alf Sibbley 3/4 of A day Thirsday 3. worked whole day for Alford AUGUST. Friday 4. worked a half day for Alford Satterday 5. worked. for. Alford Sunday 6. AUGUST. Monday 7. to work for Alford Tusday 8. Wensday 9. NOVEMBER. [1864?] 13. Sunday 14. Marched for Mount Pleasent 15. Camp at Mount pleasent NOVEMBER. 16. Went as gards for the trains to Columbia 17. Thirsday tuck up March 18. Friday Marching and Campt at Wains burrow NOVEMBER. 19. Satterday lay in camp 20. Sunday lay in Camp 21. Monday tuck up march for Columbia NOVEMBER. Tusday 22. Still marching our pickets fired in to Camp& at night Wensday 23. attacked by the rebs in the morning fought till 10 oclock at night we had to retreat thirsday 24. atacted in the morning again retreated into Columbia acros the river and Campt NOVEMBER. friday 25. lay in Camp the rebs atack the place our men fight all day Satterday 26. Marched went to gard Sone fords on duck river our men Still at Columbia Sunday 27. atacted by the rebs at night Cept them back NOVEMBER. 28. Monday fought the rebs all day I was on the [gunner?] line drove in we was Soroundid cut our way out and Campt at night 29. Tusday fought the rebs on the retreat I got in to franklin on lone and tired out 30. wensday went to the regement bilt baracades and lay behind them al night DECEMBER. Thirsday. 1. marched 12 miles and Bilt Baracades and lay behind them all night the rebs fightng our rear gards Friday 2. Marched to nashville campt acrose the river the rebs attacked the town Satterday 3. Still in camp conading Still going on in the town DECEMBER. Sunday 4. Stillin camp canading going on went to meeting in the evening Monday 5. lay in camp the rebs trying to Shell the town i on [illegible in original] duty tusday 6. lay in camp our men fighting yet DECEMBER. Wensday 7. Still in Camp the rebs made a charg [on?] got repulced Thirsday 8. Still in Camp all quiet at the frount Friday 9. Still in Camp it is A Stormay day DECEMBER. Satterday 10. on picket Sunday 11. Still in Camp and relieved from picket Monday 12. moved acros the river lay in line of battle DECEMBER. tusday 13. Still on the field of Battle wensday 14. 15 of us Start to franklin ky for horses thirsday 15. got orders to go to [illegible in original] [illegible in original] got thare and went in to the market house to camp DECEMBER. 16. friday layin the market house all day in Bowling greean 17. Satterday lay in Camp al day driled with the Saber 18. Sunday lay in Camp al day DECEMBER. Monday 19. Still in camp Tusday 20. Still in camp wensday 21. Stillin camp DECEMBER. thirsday 22. Still in camp Friday 23. Still in Camp Satterday 24. Still in camp DECEMBER. Sunday 25. Still in Camp Monday 26. tuck up march and come to franklin Tuesday 27. Marched to gallatin DECEMBER. wensday 28. marched to to [edgfield?] and went in to camp Thirsday 29. in camp went Across the river to get the horses Shod Friday 30. in camp went to get horse Shod DECEMBER. Satterday 31. in Camp