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chimney.

Buntyn Station, Sunday, Jan. 18. Most of the snow made its disappearance
to-day. Cloudy in the afternoon. Health very good. Anxious for mail.
Rec'd none since the 13th.

Buntyn Station, Monday, Jan. 19. Rainy and disagreeable. Logan's
Division passed on the R. R. going towards Memphis. Rec'd three letters,
four newspapers.

Buntyn Station, Tuesday, Jan. 20. Still rainy and muddy. Orderly
Jenawein gone to town. Sergeant Hauxhurst acting. Health good.

Buntyn Station, Wednesday, Jan. 21. One day without any rain, which
dried up underfoot somewhat. Health excellent. On guard. No news from
below.

Buntyn Station, Thursday, Jan. 22. Sunny and warm. All quiet in camp.
Exercised the horses on the course. Weighed 140 pounds. Read Parson
Brownlow's book in the evening.

Buntyn Station, Friday, Jan. 23. Spent the day in darning stockings.
Listened to Brownlow read in tent. But when night came there was a scene
at once ludicrous and deplorable. Music was started in the 4th Platoon
tent; Parker with his fiddle, Bill Bailey with the banjo, Day's
tambourine. Byness with the bones, and Goodman's clarinet. But
Quartermaster had brought some bottled whiskey into camp and it broke up
in a drunken row. * * * Deplorable, deplorable sight. Rec'd a letter
from Thomas and a Milwaukee _Sentinel_ of the 18th, mailed on the 20th
inst.

Buntyn Station, Saturday, Jan. 24. Rainy and dark all day. Health good.
Battery in general dull from the effects of last night's carousal.

_Price of army clothing, Oct. 1862._

Hats, naked $1.68
Cord and tassel .15
Eagle .14
Cross Cannons .03
Jacket 5.55
Trousers 4.60
Woolen shirts 1.46
Woolen drawers .95
Stockings .32
Sewed boots 3.25
Pegged boots 2.87
Overcoat 11.50
Woolen Blanket 3.60
Lined sack coats 3.14
Canteen .44
Knapsack 2.14
Haversack, glazed .56
Rubber pouch 2.90

[Sidenote: 1863 Home Letters]

Buntyn Station, Sunday, Jan. 25. Sunny in the morning, but clouded over
by afternoon and rained heavy while out on exercise; got beautifully
wet. Received the N. Y. _Tribune_ from John, mailed 18th. Letter from
Mary, Jen and James (his first letter). May he be permitted to live a
useful and intelligent life to comfort my aged parents. Prospect of
their once more finding a home in Dodge Hollow