Sergeant, Company D
13th Kentucky Infantry

1862

February

14 Left Greenes Burg and started on a line of march for the South
   Camped at Ebonezer Meeting House
15 Marched through Columbia and camped in the woods and a man shot
   in Compt (F) by one of same Compt
16 Marched all day in the rain, snow melted off Camped on big creek
17 Marched to Edmunton and camped
18 Marched too Randolph and camped
19 Marced all day in the rain and camped in Glassgow courthouse
20 March out 3 miles on the Nashville Pike to Camp Grant.
   Rested 3 days much rain during the time
23 Marched back to Glasgow, took the Bowlinggreen road marched 16 miles
   and camped 3 miles above Bell's Tavern
24 Marched 2 miles below Bell's Tavern camped early in the day to shoe
   our teems.
25 Marched 21 miles and camped 3 miles north of Bowlinggreen the name
   of the camp was Buell and rested 5 days.

March

 2 left Camp Buell marched to the River and remained there the greater part
   of the day waiting for other troops to cross the river, rained vary hard,
   Crossed over the river and marched 3 miles south of Town and camped
   on the Nashville Pike
 3 marched 20 and camped
 4 Marched 11 miles and camped 3 miles in Tenn
 5 Marched 18 miles & camped
 6 marched 10 miles & camped 5 miles North of Nashville at Camp Hobson
   in Davidson County Tenn Rested 4 days
10 Marched threw Nashville and camped 3 miles South of said city at
   Andrew Jackson rested 7 days
18 Left camp Andrew Jackson and marched 10 miles & camped in Montgomery
   County Tenn
March 1862
19 Marched 14 miles passing threw Frankling Tenn and camped
22 Marched 6 miles to camp no 4 in Murry County Tenn
23 rested
24   do
25   do
26   do
27   do
28   do
29   do
30 Left camp no 4 and marched 7 miles to duck river waded the same.
   Passed threw Columbia Tenn camped 5 miles beyond the town at
   10 Oclock P.M.
31 Marched hard all day distance not recolete

April

 1 Marched all day
 2   do
 3   do
 4   do
 5   do
 6 reached Tennesse river at Savanah Took a Boat and went up the river
   10 or 12 miles and landed at PittsBurg Landing about 11 Oclock at
   night.  Marched out on the Bloody Battle Ground of Pittsburg landing
   which had been fought that day and stood in line of battle in the
   rain the balance of the night and very hungry.
 7 marched out on the bloody field of Strife early in the morning
   fought hard all day with but vary little to eat took the rain
   again at night
 8 Stood in line of battle part of the dyay Still raining at night
 9 Camped on the battle ground
10 Engaged in burying the dead.
11 Still burying the dead
12   do
13   do
14   do
15   do
16 Our waggons tents & blankets come up from Savanah
17 Moved out and camped on the out line of the Battle ground
18 Still in Camp
19   do
20   do
21   do
22   do
23 paid off
24 Still in camp
25   do
26 Health of the reg vary bad
27   do
28   do
29   do
30 Moved out four miles towards Corrinth & pitched camp

May 1862

 1 rested
 2   do
 3   do
 4 Marched near the Mississippi line and camped
 5 Still in camp
 6   do
 7   do
 8   do
 9   do
10 Still in camp
11   do
12 Marched into Mississippi
13 Rested
14   do
15   do
16   do
17 Moved 2 « miles nearer towards Corrinth Skirmish fighting going
   on between the picketts
18 went into camp
19 went out on pickett
20 returned to camp
21 rested
22 On pickett
23 returned to camp
24 Rested
25 On pickett
26 Returned to camp
May 1862
27 On pickett
28 Heavy Canonading the most of the day lay in line of battle all day
29 the same all day
30 The rebels evacuate Corrinth Generals Nelson & Pope takes Persession
   of Corrinth

June 1862

 1 Boyls Brigade went to Corrinth on pickett duty
 2 Returned back to camp
 3 Rested
 4 Buells whole army started out on a line of march towards mobile a
   south direction Camp at night after Marching 12 miles
 5 Marched 13 miles
 6 Marced 14 miles and passing threw Gynensy(?) after night
 7 Marched 10 miles & camped
 8 Rested
 9   do
10 Changed our direction from south to East at the rates of 12 miles
   a day the men suffer a great deal with heat & dust the weather is
   vary hot dry and dusty Camped 3 miles from Jacinto
11 Marched 16 miles & camped 4 miles west of Iuka
12 Marched 3 « miles & camped in sight of Iuka
13 was paid off
14 Marched 16 & camped
15 Marched 14 miles passing threw Tuscumbia and camping on the bluff
   of Tenn river
16 Rested
17 drilled
18    do
19    do
20 Sent out a working party to assist in getting waggons across
   the river
21 drilling
22    do
23    do
24 Left camp on the river bluff cross over the same and camped near
   Florence
25 Marched at 4 OClock in the evening went threw Florence and
   camped at ten OClock at night
26 Started early and camped at noon
June 1862
27 Started 3 OClock and camped at noon
28 Started at 3 and camped at noon
29 Passed Athens camped at noon
30 rested

July 1862

 1   do
 2 Marched in the evening 1 mile and camped
 3 rested
 4   do
 5 Marched in the evening till 10 OClock & camped
 6 Marched at 3 OClock and camped at 11 OClock
 7 Started at 5 OClock and camped at Huntsville Ala
 8 rested
 9    do
10 Marched 10 miles and camped on paint creek
11 Marched 12 miles and stoped to feed and rest resumed the march and
   went 6 mile & camped at Larkinsville
12 Started day light went 11 miles and camped at Bellefont
13 Started early marched 12 miles and camped on Crowcreek(?)
14 Started 2 OClock camped near battle creek on Tenn river near the
   line between Tenn & Ala
15 Cleaned off camp
16 Pitched tents
17 rested
18 drilled
19 went out on pickett
20 returned from pickett to camp
21 rested
22 Cleaning out the camp
23 drilling
24   do
25   do
26 went on pickett duty on the out post
27 returned from pickett
28 rested
29 drilling
30   do
31 Cleaning up camp

August 1862

 1 drilling
 2   do
 3   do
 4   do
 5 went out on pickett
 6 returned to camp
 7 rested
 8 drilled
 9   do
10 went out on pickett
11 returned to camp
12 rested
13 Cleaned up camp
14 drilling
15 went out on pickett
16 returned from pickett
17 rested
18 drilled
19 Preparing to march
20 Left camp Battlecreek at 6 Oclock P.M. marched to Jasper 6 miles
   & camped
21 marched 4 miles east of Jasper & camped
22 Turned back and marched to battle Creek
23 Marched 3 miles up battle Creek & camped went out on pickett
24 Marched 15 miles & camped on top of Cumberland Mountain
25 Marched 10 miles & camped on the north side of the mountain
   in milk sick Cove
26 rested
27   do
28   do
29 Marched to Bellham and camped
30 Marched 8 miles & camped
31 Marched 9 miles threw manchester and camped

September 1862

 1 Marched threw Beach grove & camped
 2 marched 15 miles & camped
 3 Marche threw Murphrersboro & camped on the banks of Stone river
   at 11 Oclock A.M. resumed our march taking the lebanon pike
September 1862
 3 (continued) Marched 10 miles and camped after night
 4 rested
 5   do
 6 Marched 30 miles & camped on rock river 4 miles South of Nashville
 7 Marched threw Nashville & camped 5 miles north of the city at our
   old camp Hobson
 8 Marched 5 miles & camped
 9 Marched 10 miles & camped
10 Marched 16 miles & camped at Mitchelsville one mile from the
   Ky line
11 Marched 15 miles & camped
12 Rested 9th Ky had a skirmish with the rebels
13 Marched 11 miles & camped 3 miles South of Boolinggreen
14 rested
15   do
16 Marched threw the city and camped on the North side of big
   barren river
17 Marched 18 miles & camped heavy rain at night
18 Marched to Cave City & camped
19 rested
21 Left Cave City & camped north of Munfordsville went out on pickett
22 marched 17 miles & camped
23 marched 22 miles & rested till 4 Oclock & resumed our march
   went 9 miles & camped
24 Marched 15 miles crossed Salt river & camped
25 Marched to Louisville about midnight
26 rested
27 Marched threw Louisville & camped at oakland near the depo
28 went out on pickett
29 Still out on duty
30 returned from pickett

October 1862

 1 resumed our marched and taking the Bardstown pike marched 15 miles
   & camped had Skirmish with the rebels in the evening
 2 Marched 8 miles to Mt Washington, Bullet Co
 3 Marched 20 miles Skirmishing a cross Salt river camped on the
   South side of the river
 4 Paid in the morning resumed our marched 20 miles by the way of
   Springfield and camped 1 mile north of Bardstown
October 1862
 5 Marched 15 miles & camped on Beechfork
 6 Marched to Springfield and camped
 7 Marched 18 miles & camped on the Rowlingfork
 8 Marched 8 miles and camped
 9 Marched 4 miles & camped on the edge of the Battleground of Perryville
10 Marched 4 miles camped on Salt river
11 Stood all day in line of battle some fighting on our right
12 Marched 5 miles and camped 3 miles east of Danville
13 Marched threw Danville 1 mile on the road to camp Dick Robertson and
   lay in line of battle all night
14 Turned back Marched threw Danville taking the Stanford Pike Marched
   threw Stanford & camped
15 Marched 20 miles went threw Craborchard camped. Skirmishing all day
   with the rebels got some men wounded
16 Marched 5 miles and camped at a big spring east of Mountvernon
17 Marched 4 miles found the road blockaded went back to our old camp
18 Marched 8 miles & camped in 3 miles of bragg army
19 Marched threw camp wild cat went 8 miles and camped in Lorel Co
20 Marched 2 miles & camped went out on pickett duty
21 Remained on pickett our men bring in some Prisoners and beef Cattle
22 Still on pickett
23 Turned back towards Louisville 12 miles and camped in Rockcastle County
24 Marched threw Mount Vernon and camped
25 Marched to Summer Sett in Pulasky Co
26 Rested vary cold snowing
27 Snow 6 inches deep
28 Marched 8 miles and camped on fishing Creek
29 Marched 10 miles camped in Russel County
30 Marched 20 miles and camped in Adair County 7 miles from Columbia
31 Marched 8 miles to Columbia Regment disbanded to meet at Glasgow
   Barren County on the 3 day Nov in order for the men to go home to see
   there familys & friends

November 1862

 4 Remained at Glasgow
 5 Left Glasgow and took the Gallinton road camped on barren river
 6 Marched 15 miles and camped at Scottsville, Allen County, Ky
 7 Marched 14 miles crossed Tenn line and camped 3 miles in Tenn in
   Cumberland Co
 8 Marched 25 miles went to threw Gallinton and camped between Gallinton
November 1862
 8 (continued) & Cumberland river
 9 rested
10 Marched 10 miles crossing Cumberland river and camped on the
   Lebanon & Nashville Pike 18 miles from Nashville
11 Left camp to guard a train of waggons to Mitchellville & back we
   returned back to camp the 16 day of Nov, 1862
16 Left in the evening went to Silver Springs
17 Rested
18 Moved our camp 8 miles towards Nashville to Stone river
19 Rested
20   do
21 Crossed the river went 2 miles & camped on the Murfursboro & Nashville Pike
22 Rested
23   do
24 Still in camp
25 Left Camp Marched threw Nashville crossed the river camped at our old
   Camp Hobson 5 miles north of the city
26 Marched 7 miles went in to camp waiting for the cars
27 Got on the cars landed at Munfordsville 30 day of Nov 1862 went into
   camp Remained in camp from the 30 to the 27 day of Dec 1862 performing
   camp duty and pickett duty all the time

Decenber 1862

28 Left camp Munfordsville in Pursuit of Morgan Marched 23 miles and
   camped at Nolin
29 Marched at ? Oclock and went 20 miles to Rolingfork had a Skirmish
   with Morgan
30 Marched 6 miles to the bridge a cross Rolingfork rested till noon and
   marched back to Elizabethtown on our return back
31 Returned back to Rolingforg Bridge

January 1863

 1 day in camp
 2   do
 3 Started back to Munfordsville landed there the 4 of the same month
 5 Remaining in camp at Munfordsville up to March the 10 day 1863
   performing camp duty & pickett working on fortification & C

  J.H.Oldham