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1863-03-10 -- 1863-03-12

Tues.  10  Early this morning Companies B & D started out toward Union and Marion counties of this state in quest of the deserters of the 128 Illinois Regiment.  I am afraid it will be a wild goose chase, the deserters will skedaddle.  

Wed. 11.  I am improving slowly yet, I am still taking medicine.  I don’t see why I cannot be well and hearty as I should be, but I suppose it is owing to the poor state of my liver, which was hurt in a mob in St. Louis some years ago and it has never recovered from it.  Toward evening my complaint seems to get worse.  

Thurs.  12.  This morning about 10 A. M. I received orders to pack up and be ready to leave at a moment’s warning.  We packed up.  In the afternoon general Asboth arrived here with several regiments of infantry and we are also going up the Tenn. to fight traitors.

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Tues. 10 Early this morning Companies B & D started out toward Union and Marion counties of this state in quest of the deserters of the 128 Illinois Regiment. I am afraid it will be a wild goose chase, the deserters will skedaddle. Wed. 11. I am improving slowly yet, I am still taking medicine. I don’t see why I cannot be well and hearty as I should be, but I suppose it is owing to the poor state of my liver, which was hurt in a mob in St. Louis some years ago and it has never recovered from it. Toward evening my complaint seems to get worse. Thurs. 12. This morning about 10 A. M. I received orders to pack up and be ready to leave at a moment’s warning. We packed up. In the afternoon general Asboth arrived here with several regiments of infantry and we are also going up the Tenn. to fight traitors.