Joseph still in Saint Louis waiting for orders. People are sick but there are about 500 well able for duty. The weather is bad its damp sleet, snowy that its so hard to move into camp.
Still in Tennesse. Joseph marced from Memphis,tennesse to Bolivar tenness. Joseph and the union soldiers had to fix some trail track from a war about 2 weeks ago.
A general with 30 thousand rebel soldiers are 7 miles away from Bolivar,Tennesse. Joseph didn't care because they just had 4 trains full of soliders. After the fight was over there was 14 hundred rebel soldiers killed or wounded.
Gen. Grant trap rebel soldiers. Joseph doesn't want to go to Vicksbrugh. While in Memphis there was a new law going around that every citizens has to go outside the lines.
Joseph gets the chills for two night. He is taking medicine for the chills.