Saturday, 12th.—Went to Mr. McMillan’s to-day; found Rev. A. Y. Lockridge there. Miss Sallie Orr came over; spent very pleasant evening. Accompanied Miss Sallie home. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Thursday, 10th.—Remained on train all night. Brother Tom returned to regiment from detail duty on Eastern Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. Moved to Walton’s Springs. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Wednesday, 9th.—Command left Dalton 8 A. M.; at Atlanta, 6 P. M. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Monday, 7th.—Moving hospitals from this part of country; would not be surprised if Bragg falls back in short time. Returned to Dalton, P. M. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Parole Camp, Dalton, Ga. Sunday, 6th.—Went to Stone Church; Rev. A. Y. Lockridge preached. Can hear some cannon firing towards Chattanooga. Reported Federals advancing on Rome. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Saturday, 5th.—Badly disappointed to-day. Cousins Mag and Hattie Lowry came to train, to come home with me; but the authorities would not, or could not, be persuaded to let them get on the train, and so I had to say good-bye. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Friday, 4th.—Walked out to Chattoogata Presbyterian Church at night; heard good sermon. Several professions; among them G. W. Hood, of our company. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Wednesday, September 2.—Confederates have fallen back from Loudon; bridge burned. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Sunday, 30th.—Went home, eleven miles away. Next day went squirrel-hunting. Returned to camp, P. M. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Friday, 28th.—Reported Federals have taken Knoxville. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

August 24th.—Ordered into parole camp at Dalton. Camp half-mile from town; nothing to do; went to preaching. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Wednesday, 29th.—Still not very well, but hope I will improve, as I am at home. We all got furloughs for thirty days. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Tuesday, 28th.—At Atlanta, 1:30 A. M. Left Atlanta, at 7 A. M. At Tunnel Hill, 3 P. M., where Brother I. L. met me with buggy; found all well except brother; his wound doing very well. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Monday, 27th.—Left Montgomery at 7:30 A. M.; at West Point, 6 P. M. Left West Point at sundown. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Sunday, 26th.—Left Tensaw on train, at 1 A. M.; at Pollard 6 A. M.; Montgomery, 10 P. M. Rained on us all day, being in open cars. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Saturday, 25th.—Had good place to sleep last night; went down to market house. Everything plentiful, but prices high. Saw one watermelon said to weigh eighty pounds; price, $5. Took steamboat at 3 o’clock; at Tensaw landing, 6 P. M. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Friday, 24th.—Left Enterprise at 8 A. M.; arrived at Mobile at 8 P. M. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Tuesday, 21st.—Troops leaving fast as possible. Still unwell. Rained very hard. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Monday, 20.—Brigade arrived. All to be furloughed. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Sunday, 19th.—Found some of 36th regiment here; having fine time eating watermelons and peaches. Drew three days’ rations; bought a dressed chicken and came very near killing myself eating; very sick for a little while. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Saturday, 18th.—Got to Morton at 10 last night. Got on gravel train that was gathering up railroad stuff. Conductor said engine could not pull so many soldiers; there were quite a lot of us by this time, and tried to make us get off; had soldier guards, that he ordered to shoot us if we [...]

Friday, 17th.—Marched to Brandon to-day by 2 P. M. Found Colonel McConnell there. Gave first direct news from Brother I. L. By the help of some of the boys he got back to a house where there was a surgeon with some other wounded. The Federals coming on, they were paroled. After some days, getting [...]

Thursday, 16th.—By very hard marching, we got ten miles to-day; improving some. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)

Wednesday, 15th.—We hobbled on; Elrod somewhat improved, but I was not. When in about three miles of Pearl River, which we must cross to-night or be cut off, we saw a man coming on horseback. Elrod begged me to try to get the man to let me ride behind him to the river. I at [...]