(1861)
 Friday Oct. 11th
 Went on guard duty this morning around camp.
 Saturday Oct. 12th
 This morning at 2 a.m. finds me arresting a noble looking man when sober but now he is a raving maniac. - he was a Corporal, but he has been reduced to ranks.
 9 a.m. yonder are 2 negroes fighting, I order their arrest - they resist the corporal, the Maj. orders the corp'l to run his bayonet through them. they go quietly to the G'd H's
 Another fight, among the boys, in Co. "F". I have them also arrested they go quietly in the G'd House - but they are fighting again they are ordered to be bucked. What does all that confusion mean in Co. "B"? Two more men are fighting - this must be the forewarning of some bad omen. Yonder comes the bier with 2 bodies - followed by 8 men with reverse arms, then Band & Co., no father, mother sister brother, what sad intelligence this will be to them. Three volleys announce that they are laid in their last resting place.
