Sunday.
Reading. Evening, at Methodist church. Good sermon.
In
school. At [Solon] Borland’s. Col. Borland there. He is going to take his girls to
Tulip [Arkansas]. Payton English came [to school] today.
In
school. At Borland’s.
In
school. Shower.
In
school. At Borland’s. [Col. Solon Borland’s girls] are extremely foolish
children. I will be glad when they go. It will cause me less trouble. Awful
cold.
In
school. At Borland’s. Nothing new.
Down
the street. At Graves’. Afternoon, at [Capt.] Syberg’s. Mathews is taking
French lessons of Syberg. Syberg told me that I had a great deal of impudence to
teach French when I knew nothing of it. He is a damned fool; vain as a peacock.
He don’t know so much of it as I do.
Sunday.
Fire this morning at home. Called on Mathews. Nothing new.
In
school. Had two new boys. At Borland’s.
In
school. Rainy.
In
school. Hard work. Feel sick. Nothing new.
In
school. Sam Churchill
came today. Hard working. [Feel] used up.
In
school. At Borland’s. As sharp as ever.
Morning,
reading & studying. Afternoon, went down the street. Was taken up by the
guard. I showed them my exemption [papers and they] showed it to the Captain.
[He] said he could not let me off [and] took me to the guard house. From there
[I was] taken to Col. [Asa S.] Morgan. The Lieutenant said I was exempt, but a
squirt of a boy said I was not and that nothing was said in the [conscription]
law about exempting school teachers. He dallied some time and then sent me to
[Brigadier General Dandridge] McRae’s
camp, two miles off and terribly muddy. Got to McRae’s camp [and McRae said
he] could not let me off. He is an old fool. McConneghey is his Adjutant
General. He told him, “Stick him in a company” and off they did – into an
Irish one. I got up a statement and had the Captain of the company approve it,
and the Major [too], to be sent to [General Thomas] Hindman. I stayed in camp
all night [and] was forbid to go to town.
Brigadier General Dandridge McRae
"He blustered at me and said school teachers had no business to be
teaching [during the war]..." -- RLG
Sunday.
I sent up to [Capt. John D.] Adams to get me out. I heard that no guards were
out and so I went to town about eleven o’clock. Came to [Capt.] Syberg’s. He
took my exemption [paper] and went to Danby. [Capt.] Adams got Henry Moore sent
to [Gen. Theophilus] Holmes and together got my release. Wrote my exemption
& after dinner, I took it out to camp. McRae did not want to let me off. He
blustered at me and said school teachers had no business to be teaching. I got
off & gave him a little of my mind. Got back [to town] and went to church.
The Captain I showed my paper to asked if I was in the Government school. He
said I was not exempted if I was detailed and had not a detailed school.
In
school. Saw [Capt. John D.] Adams. Laughed over it a good deal. Had a new
scholar, William Hutt.
In
school.
In
school. Willie Curran
has gone to Mathews’ [school instead].
Willie
Curran's Boyhood Home in Little Rock
Restored as Visitor's Center
In
school. At Borland’s.
In
school. Sick.
At
home. Rainy. Down the street. Sick with diarrhea.
Sunday.
At home all day. Sick. Sam Adams called to see me.
No
school. Grand parade at the college. Attended. Saw [Thomas C.] Dupree.
In
school. At Borland’s.
Rainy.
Pleasant.
At Borland’s. Nothing new.
In
school. At Borland’s.
Down
the street.
