John S. Green enlisted in the United States Service May 4^th, 1864, co. K 40, Ill.

5. In camp at cintrilia. 

6. Left citrilia. From there to olney and then back to Clay Citt

8. at home

9. left home.

10. from there to Olney and the same day to Illinois town. 

11. at Springfield and at Camp Buttler the same day and at camp Buttler up to the 24^th.

24. left camp Buttler. 

25. arrived at lafayatt, ind. from there to indianapolis the same day.  from there to Jeffersonvill, Ind on the 26^th crossed over in louisvill, Ky. And stayed there till five o’clock and got aboard the cars and landed at Nashvill, tenn the 27.  On the evening of the 28 we went 1 ½ miles north east of the banks of the  Cumberland river.  On the morning of the 29 we left there for Chattonooga with a drove of cattle and marched 16 miles 

30. we started on our march and tuck dinner in 5 miles of murfeesborrow and then marched in one mile of murfeesborrow and camped for the night on the banks of the cumberland river.  And camped on the battlefield of murfeesborrow on the banks of the stone river.  we ???last nine head of cattle that night. 

31. march 5 miles and camp for the night.

June 1^st. marched 12 miles and camped for the night. 

2.marched 13 miles through rain and camped for the night

3. we marched 14 miles and camped for the night at tulahoma.

4. we marched 12 miles and camped for the night.   

5. we marched 5 and camped for the night

6. we traveled over the comberland mountains and marched 13 miles and camped for the night. 

7. we marched 14 miles and camped for the night.

9 we marched 10 miles and camped for the night. 

10. we marched 12 miles and camped for the night. 

11. we marched 9 miles and camped for the night. 

12. we marched 14 miles and camped for the night. 

13 we marched 5 miles and landed at Chattonooga. 

14. at Chattonooga.

15 we left Chattonooga for kingston the night of the 15 we started for big shanty.

16 landed at big shanty with the regiment.

17. still at big shanty and heavy cannonading on the right wing.

18 still at big shanty

19. we marched 2 miles in front of the Kinnasaw mountains and heavy fireing on the right wing.

20. at the same place and heavy fireing at the right.

21.  still at the same plase and heavy firing on the right wing and in front up to the 24^th

24. still at the same plase and heavy fireing on the right and in front.

25. marched 5 miles at the foot of the mountains.

26. behind the works

27 we charged the Kinnasau mountins and had a hard fight but we had to retreat back.

28, 29, and 30. behind the breast works in front of the Kinnasaw mountin.

July 1 and 2, 1864. still behind the works at the Kinnasaw mountins.

3. we marched 5 miles and camped for the night in one mile of maryetta and our redjgment went on picket at night.

4. we started on our march at 10 o’clock. Marched through maryetta. Marched 15 miles and went in camp for the night.

5. we marched 5 miles and camped in 2 miles of the Calahooch river

6. in camp in 2 miles of the calahooch river

7. marched 8 miles and camped for the night.

8. built works in 50 yards of the enemy.

9. till the morning of the 12 behind the work and the evning of the 12 we left the works and marched till eleven o’clock and camped for the night.

13. started on our march and marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

14. stated on our march at 4 o’clock in the morning and traveled till dark and camped for the night. 

15. in camp in the field.

16. in the field.

17. marched 6 miles and built works and went in camp for the night.

18. marched 20 miles and marched till eleven o’clock at night and went in camp.

19. marched 12 miles and camped in 28 miles of decater.

20. through decater and in 5 miles fo atlanta and attached the enemy.

21. advanced one mile and built works all day and till twelve o’clock that night.

22. we had a hard fight with the rebs and they charged our line 8 times and whiped them back and held our ground. 

23 and 24 on the battle field.

25. on picket and 26 on the skirmish line.

27. moved to the right wing

28. a hard fight with the rebs on the right wing and we whiped them.

29. on the battle field.

30. advanced our line on the right half a mile and built works

31. at the works

Aug. 1 and 2. still at the works. 

3. move 100 yards and built works.

4 and 5. behind the works and heavey skirmishing.

6. on the skirmish line and very heavey cannonading in the evning.

7 and 8. behind the works. From the 9 up til the 26 behind the works in front of atlanta and on the evning of the 26^th we started our march and marched all night. 

27. on the skirmish line and at night marched till three o’clock in the morning and stoped and got Breckfast.

Aug. 28. marched all day. Got supper and worked til two o’clock that night tarring up railroad. 

29. laid in field.

30. marched all day and built at night.

31. behind the works and the rebs charged our line and we whiped them back.

Sept. 1, 1864.  still at the works and hard fighting on our left flank.

2 we drove the rebs through Jonesburrough and 5 miles the other side and built works at night. 

3, 4, and 5 at the works and on the night of the 5^th we fell back to the ould works

6. behind the works.

7. started for east point and marched 7 miles and camped for the night.

8. marched to east point and struck tents and went on picket at night.

9. on picket.

10 and 11 in camp.

12 on picket then up to 23 in camp.

24 and 25 on picket and 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30 in camp.

October in camp till the 4^th we started on our campaign and marched 22 miles and camped for the night.

5. marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

6 and 7. in camp in the woods in two miles of maryetta. 

8. we started on our march at four o’clock and marched till 11 o’clock at night and marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

9 and 10. laid in 4 miles in front of the Kinnasaw mountins and on the evening of the 10 we started on our march at five o’clock in evning and marched 1 o’clock at night and marched 18 miles and went in camp for the night.

11. marched 18 miles and camped for the night.

12. marched 16 miles and camped for the night.

13. started on our march at 5 o’clock in the evning and marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

14. marched 16 miles and camped at Calhoon for the night.

15. at Calhoon

16. marched and marched 20 miles and camped for the night.

17. marched 4 miles and tuck dinner at taylor ridg and at 4 o’clock we started and marched 5 miles and camped for the night.

18. marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

19. marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

20. marched 15 miles and went in camp for the night.

21. marched 7 miles and camped on the banks of liile river and I went on picket at night on side mountin.

22. still on picket.

23. in camp

24. foradging till 3 o’clock and then marched 10 miles and camped for the night.

25. marched 12 miles and attacked the rebs and skirmished with them and then fell back 4 miles and camped for the night.

26. marched back to little river marched 16 miles and camped for the night.

27 and 28. in camp at little river

29. marched 5 miles and eat dinner on the banks of the coast river and then marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

30. marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

31. marched 4 miles and camped at cave spring for the night.

Nov. 1. marched nine miles and camped for the night at cedertown.

2. marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

3. marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

4. marched 12 miles and camped at powder spring for the night.

5. marched 13 miles and camped for the night.

6 and 7. in camp at snerney camp ground.

8. at atlanta.

9, 10, and 11 in camp.

12. tearing up railroad.

13. marched and camped in two miles of atlanta.

14. on picket near atlanta.

15. marched 21 miles and skirmished with the rebs and camped for the night.

16. marched 12 miles and camped at Mcdonel for the night.

17 marched 20 miles and camped near Griffen for the night.

18. marched 8 miles and camped at indian springs for the night.

19. marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

20. marched 20 miles and camped for the night.

21. marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

22. marched 4 miles and attacked the enemy and had a hard fight the fight commenced at one o’clock continued till 5 o’clock in the evning.

23. marched 7 miles aand camped at Gordentown for the inght.

24. marched 13 miles and camped for the night at irvington.

25. marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

26. laid in camp till 4 o’clock started on our march and crossed the acconia river and marched 10 miles and camped for the night.

27. marched 15 miles and camped at riddleville for the night.

28. marched 15 and camped for the night.

29. marched 13 miles and camped for the night

30. marched 8 miles and camped for the night.

Dec. 1, 1864. marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

2. marched 8 miles and camped for the night.

3. in camp

4. marched 17 miles and camped for the night.

5. marched 20 miles and camped for the night.

6. marched 10 miles and camped for the night.

7. in camp.

8. marched 18 miles and camped for the night.

9. in camp.

10. marched 6 miles and tuck dinner at the occachee river and then marched 9 miles and camped for the night.

11 and 12 on picket

13. in camp.

14. on picket.

15, 16, and 17 in camp.

18. on picket.

19 and 20 in camp.

21. marched 9 miles and struck tents in savannah.

Jan. 10, 1865. left savannah and marched 4 miles to thunderbolt and laid in camp till 12 and got aboard of the steamer and landed at beaufort south carolina.

13 marched 3 miles and went in camp.

14, 15, 16, and 17. in camp.

18 and 19. at beaufort on fertique.

20, 21, and 22 in camp at the same plase.

23, 24, 25, and 26. still in camp beauford.

18. started on our march and we marched 14 miles and camped for the night.

19. in camp.

20. marched 6 miles to the pocalaligo river and skirmished across the river till three o’clock and then went back to camp for the night.

21. in camp.

FEB 1. in South Carolina carched 16 miles and camped for the night.

2. started at 4 o’clock and marched till 11 o’clock at night and camped till morning and marched 7 miles.

3. marched 16 miles and camped for the night.

4. marched 6 miles and camped at bufort bridge for the night.

5. marched 2 miles and camped for the night.

6. marched 6 miles and attacked the enemy and skirmished with them and ……(other book starts here) drove them out of their works and marched two miles and camped for the night.

7. marched 7 miles and the 1^st division tore railroad and we camped for the night Bamberg.

8. in camp till three o’clock and then went on picket.

9. marched 13 miles and camped for the night.

10. in camp and went on picket at night.

11. marched 16 miles and crossed the south fork and camped for the night.

12. marched 8 miles camped till twelve o’clock at night then marched four miles and camped till morning.

13. marched 15 miles  and camped for the night.

14. marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

15.  started on our march and the 40^th drove the rebs 6 miles and waded the slew all day and there was one killed and two wounded in the 40^th. 

16.  started on our march crossed the Combarle river and camped on the banks of waterloo river and marched 5 miles and camped for the night.

17.  crossed the waterloo river and went into Columbia and skirmished with the rebs to the edge of town and at night the town was set on fire and burnt the biggest part of the town down that night.

18. on provost duty that night at Columbia.

19. on provost duty at Columbia.

20. started on our march from Coumbia and marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

21. marched 18 miles and camped for the night.

22. marched 7 miles and camped on the banks of the waterloo river for the night.

23. marched 17 miles and passed through liberty hill and camped for the night.

24. marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

25. laid in camp.

26. marched 18 miles and and camped on the banks of the little lynch river and the 40^th went on picket at night.

27.  on picket all day.

28.  in camp and it was a wet rainy day.

Mar 1, 1865.  crossed the big lynch and marched two miles and camped for the night.

2. marched 8 miles and crossed the big swamp and camped for the night.

3. marched 23 miles and camped in half mile of thomas creek for the night.

4. marched 8 miles and marched through chero town and camped in one mile of town for the night.

5. in camp all day.

6. started on our march and marched 8 miles and camped for the night.

7. marched 8 miles and camped for the night.

8. North Carolina – richmond county, we marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

9. marched 7 miles and camped for the night.

10. marched 8 miles and crossed the drowned river and camped for the night.

11. marched 8 miles and camped for the night.

12. marched 12 miles and crossed rock creek and passed through rock fish factories and camped for the night.

13. on picket in three miles of fayettsville.

14. started on our march passed through fayettsville crossed cape feerado river and camped for the night.

15. in camp till twelve o’clock and the 40^th was on fatige pulling wagons up the banks of the cape farado river.

16. marched 15 miles and crossed the black river and went to camp for the night.

17. marched 10 miles and camped for the night.

18. marched 15 miles and camped for the night.

19. marched 15 miles and the 20^th and 14^th corps had a fight at our left.

20. marched 7 miles and the first Division second brigad skirmished with the rebs.

21. hard fighting the second brigade skirmished with the rebs and drove them out of their skirmish pits.

22. still skirmishing with the rebs.

23. marched 10 miles and camped for the night.

24. marched 15 miles passed through Goldsboro and went in camp in one mile of town.

25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 in camp in one mile fo Goldsboro up till April 10, 1865. on the morning of April 10 we started on our march and skirmished with the rebs and marched 19 miles and camped for the night.

Apr. 11, 1865. marched 15 miles and passed through petersville and skirmished with the rebs.

12. marched 12 miles and camped for the night.

13. marched 19 miles crossed the moose river and camped for the night.

14. marched through roley and marched ten miles and camped for the night.

15 in camp

16. on picket.

22 and 23 foraging in camp near raleigh up till the 29 and on the morning of the 29 we started on our march and marched 10 miles crossed the neuse river and camped for the night.

30. in camp near neuce river, Murfreesboro, N.C.

May 1, 1865. North Carolina  we started on our march and crossed the river   marched 25 miles and camped for the night.

2. marched 24 miles and camped in the three miles of shady grove for the night. 

3. marched 22 miles and camped on the banks of the roane river for the night.

4. corssed the roane river and marched 12 miles and camped in the state of virginia for the night.

5. crossed mtherin (Meherrin) river passed through lawerencevill marched 30 miles and camped for the night.

6. marched 25 miles and camped on the banks of nottaway for the night.

7. marched 18 miles and camped in one mile of petersburg for the night.

8. in camp near petersburg.

9. marched 14 miles and camped on the banks of brockford river for the night.

10. marched 9 miles and camped near manchester for the night.

11. in camp near manchester.

12. in camp near manchester.

13. started on our march passed through Richmond marched 14 miles and camped for the night.

14. Marched 8 miles and camped for the night.

15. marched 20 miles passed hanover court house crossed metafoni river and camped for the night. 

16. marched 25 miles passed through Golden Green and camped in four miles of Fredricksburgh for the night.

17. marched 18 miles  passed through fredricksburgh crossed the rapahanack river camped for the night.

18 marched 20 miles and passed by the stafford court house crosed the occoquian river at occoquian town and camped for the night.

19. marched 18 miles  passed by mount vernon and camped in three miles of Alexandria for the night.

20. camped in three miles of Alexandria.

21 and 22 in camp at Alexandria City.

23 marched from Alexandria to Washington City and camped in town for the night.

May 24, 1865. marched through washington city on review and marched 7 miles from town and camped for the night in camp at crystal springs near washington city and we got on the cars and landed at parkerburg on the evening of the 2^nd of June and went in camp for the night.

3. got aboard of the boat at louisville Kentucky on the fifth   still at louisville the morning of the 20^th of July we left louisville.  The morning of the 25^th of July crossed the Ohio river and got on the cars at New Albany Ind. And landed at Springfield, Ill the 27^th of July

Aug 3. left camp butler went to Springfield and got payed and got our discharge and got on the cars on the morning of the 4^th and landed at Clay City the morning of the 5^th.

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