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George C. Burmeister diary, 1861
1861-06-01 -- 1861-06-02
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Saturday June 1st I was appointed, for this day, to see about cooking the victuals for our mess, but I must say that we have very little to cook. The main thing is coffee, this and bread constitutes nearly all my diet, some of our boys justly complain of their fare. Some of our military brethren commit nightly depredations upon the neighboring farmyards, generally visiting the hen roosts successfully. 57 men of our comp, and about as many of most of the other companies marched to the river and took a glorious wash, the river bore upon its rapid waves many a noble swimmer, before most of the men could return to camp, a tremendous rain came up suddenly, which continued nearly all the afternoon; our tent does present a very ludicrous picture, which is indescribable, and I can assure you not the cleanest either. Sun. 2. The rain continued, and finally toward noon it ceased, and the weather turned very warm. In the afternoon we had preaching by the chaplain of the 1st Regt., but he did not preach a sermon to suit me. We had a parade drill, at which time we appear in the order of battle, several blunders were made by our colonel; our captain's wife arrived. We had the please of seeing numerous visitors.
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Saturday June 1st I was appointed, for this day, to see about cooking the victuals for our mess, but I must say that we have very little to cook. The main thing is coffee, this and bread constitutes nearly all my diet, some of our boys justly complain of their fare. Some of our military brethren commit nightly depredations upon the neighboring farmyards, generally visiting the hen roosts successfully. 57 men of our comp, and about as many of most of the other companies marched to the river and took a glorious wash, the river bore upon its rapid waves many a noble swimmer, before most of the men could return to camp, a tremendous rain came up suddenly, which continued nearly all the afternoon; our tent does present a very ludicrous picture, which is indescribable, and I can assure you not the cleanest either. Sun. 2. The rain continued, and finally toward noon it ceased, and the weather turned very warm. In the afternoon we had preaching by the chaplain of the 1st Regt., but he did not preach a sermon to suit me. We had a parade drill, at which time we appear in the order of battle, several blunders were made by our colonel; our captain's wife arrived. We had the please of seeing numerous visitors.
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