ox.

Huntsville, Thursday, March 10. Had a very stormy night but a fine day.
I was on guard P. M., first relief, on horses in the daytime and tents
in the evening. Midnight tour very stormy and dark, but managed to pass
the time quickly in thinking of all but the present. Drills and parades
as usual.

Huntsville, Friday, March 11. Felt fresh this morning, notwithstanding
the guard duty of last night. At 9 A. M. took a stroll up Russell Hill.
Found violets in bloom, picked a bouquet of them with peach and plum
blossoms and put them on my desk. Evans out in charge of foraging train,
with fifteen men. General Matthies was seen in camp to-day. The last
time I saw him was leaving the field of Mission Ridge covered with
blood, a sturdy and honest old general, loved by all his command.
Congratulatory resolutions read at parade from Congress to Sherman and
his men, also an order from John A. Logan to protect fences and houses.
All advantages given to the citizens to raise their own subsistence.
Boys all jolly. Games of ball on all day and late in the evening.

Huntsville, Saturday, March 12. Very cold night but warm and beautiful
day. No drill to-day, it being general policing, which was done in a
short time. Games daily in camp, ball, etc. Spent most of the day
reading the _Phrenological Journals_ received from home. At night I laid
awake long and restless, thinking of home and its endearments. After
sleep came I dreamt of mother. T. J. Hungerford quite unwell this
evening, heavy fever. Exercised rather too much for his strength in the
morning, and his system impaired from previous illness.

[Sidenote: 1864 War Sermons]

Huntsville, Sunday, March 13. A delightful Sabbath morning. T. J.
Hungerford very sick, heavy fever and hard breathing. Afraid he is going
to have a fever. Bathed him, towels kept around him, and all we can do
for him is done gladly. After inspection 8 A. M. attended Sabbath school
and meeting at the Methodist Church with Booth and D. Evans. The society
was in deep mourning for Mrs. Jordan, principal teacher and
superintendent of the Sabbath school, who was killed in the railroad
accident of the 5th inst. Fitting resolutions were passed by the school
in memoriam. The minister preached from the 35th and 36th verses of the
fourth chapter of St. John, a discourse filled with hell fire and
eternal misery, with but little consolation to the many bereaved mothers
and sisters present who had lost their a