Apl 28

Left Corrinth at 6 O'clock the Conductor, Engineer & Fireman to manage 23 cars. stoped at Boonville Station at 8 and lay over all night, excuse, lost schedule time, no train up during the night.—29^th. Started at 7¹⁵ made Baldwin at 8½ Gun Town ¹⁵9 Maj. Goodwin passed on Georgia train ²⁰11 arrived at Okalona at 3 P.M. 700 patients in Gen^l Hospital, D^r Caldwell, preparations being made for 7 or 8 hundred men, Gen^l Braggs Dept. 30^th 67 miles from Corinth, murky morning. 57 miles to Columbus, left Okalona at 3³⁰ O'clock the break in the road being completed repaired. No One deaths on train but some very sick men, arrived at Artesia at 12³⁰ P.M. remained till morning arrived at Columbus 9³⁰ A.M. found no preparations to receive the sick. D^r Prim was active in making every arrangement for their accommodation has now in Hospital some 1500 & can make arrangements for 800 or 1000 men. left at 2³⁰ arrived at Artesia at 4 O'c P.M. left at 8 arrived at Macon at 11 P.M. May 2^d went to general Hospital nice place, but not sufficiently supplied with Meds, attendants, making preparations for the accommodations of 3 or 4 hundred men sick. ready now and waiting to go to Lauderdale Springs for Freight Train arrived at 3³⁰ A.M. May 3^d & started / back at 8⁴⁵ A.M. for Freight. 1400 patients in Hospital, 50 at Depot, landed at Westpoint Tibbee at 4³⁰ took supper, met train of sick soldiers 4⁵⁰, for Macon & Lauderdale Springs & Columbus, many not sick. train remains until 8 A.M. tomorrow. no apparent reason. left at 9 O'clock ordered out of Cabboose

 

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10 or 15 [?] put off at Okalona

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