Friday, August 2, 1861 through Monday [August] 12 [1861]

Jones makes no entries in his diary, perhaps because of his illness. Some time later another person used these pages to list various accounts and make arrangements for what appears to be a church picnic.

Thursday August 1 [1861]

Come back home sick

Wednes [July] 31 [1861]

Went to look up runaways

Tuesday, July 30, 1861

Home rested

Monday [July] 29 [1861]

Left F[ront] R[oyal] about 8 alone
walked as far as old
Mr Strud[wicks?] at Bentonville
where I got a horse &
rode to Steep Hollow walked
from there to Mr Newman
took dinner borrowed
a horse and rode to Rileyville
and walked from there home
where I arrived about 4 oclock
P. M. and surprised all the folks

Sunday [July] 28 [1861]

Started home
this morning, got
to F[ront] R[oyal] about sundown
after going to see the
wounded went to
Mr Weaver where I passd
the night very comfortably
after having had a
good supper.

Saturday, July 27, 1861

This morning damp & warm
Mr. Chadduck John Baily Col
[Hayger?] & others left for home
today. it is reported today
that we have taken a regi
ment of the enemy prisoners