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1862-11-25 -- 1862-11-27

Tues. 25.  This afternoon the 101st Ill moved out of their barracks and we moved in, they looked very dirty, but a few hours diligent work put them into an inhabitable condition and everybody felt well satisfied with the exchange.  I for one would have slept very well had it not been for the numerous rats that danced about me all night, not being accustomed to such animals, I felt uneasy about their immediate neighborhood.  I never saw a place in my life in which the rats were so numerous as they are at this, the boys seem to be fond of killing them.  Detailed H. Lange, B. Naeve, L. Savelsberg and H. Burmeister as gunners for the fort.
Wed.  26.  Occupied this day in arranging things generally.  There seems to be a great amount of guard duty to be done it requires 80 men daily.  Co. A was sent up to Mound City, which is a small place situated about six miles above here in Ill. on the Ohio, where the army and navy have each a general hospital.  There is also a navy yard.  The weather is good.
Thurs. 27  A great many blacks have taken refuge here, they are quartered together in barracks, are filthy and diseased, the small pox are raging among them.  If these negroes cannot be treated better than they are, we ought to leave them with their masters, who certainly take better care of them.

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Tues. 25. This afternoon the 101st Ill moved out of their barracks and we moved in, they looked very dirty, but a few hours diligent work put them into an inhabitable condition and everybody felt well satisfied with the exchange. I for one would have slept very well had it not been for the numerous rats that danced about me all night, not being accustomed to such animals, I felt uneasy about their immediate neighborhood. I never saw a place in my life in which the rats were so numerous as they are at this, the boys seem to be fond of killing them. Detailed H. Lange, B. Naeve, L. Savelsberg and H. Burmeister as gunners for the fort. Wed. 26. Occupied this day in arranging things generally. There seems to be a great amount of guard duty to be done it requires 80 men daily. Co. A was sent up to Mound City, which is a small place situated about six miles above here in Ill. on the Ohio, where the army and navy have each a general hospital. There is also a navy yard. The weather is good. Thurs. 27 A great many blacks have taken refuge here, they are quartered together in barracks, are filthy and diseased, the small pox are raging among them. If these negroes cannot be treated better than they are, we ought to leave them with their masters, who certainly take better care of them.