June 9 - Dickey*, a church member of Co[mpany] H died after a short illness. It will be a sad blow to his family.
June 10 - Buried Dickey near the fort in a place thick with soldiers' graves.
June 12 - Mrs. Swayne left this eve for Columbus. Her visit has been pleasant for her and us.
June 13 - Distributed tracts in various batteries and to our companies who are going on guard.
June 14 - A charming day. Distributed some papers and at mail[?] preached by previous invitation at battery F. U.S. artillery. Went off well. 2 p.m. good attendance at service. Col. Swayne has been stirring them up. Eve good prayer meeting. Feel thankful to a merciful God.
June 15 - Indisposed with diarrhea. Rode up town but did me no good. Hear of a copperhead* convention at Columbus. Great fun.
* Pvt. Benjamin Dickey, born abt 1820 in Deersville, Franklin twp., Harrison Co. Ohio. His wife was Mary, born abt 1823. They had two children, a son named William (b. 1841) and a daughter named Martha J. (b. 1843).
* Copperheads was a term given to northerners, mostly Democrats, who favored the Confederate cause. The copperheads were opposed to the abolition of slavery and opposed President Lincoln. They urged for peace with the confederacy. The best known copperhead was Ohio politician C L Vallandigham who was arrested by the Union army and sent into exile into the south.
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