First, I am sorry for all those question marks in the first part - they were apostrophes but show up as question marks! Guess they will be the same way in this one!!! Enjoy - hope some of you find some of your kin in these 2 parts. TO THE SEAT OF WAR Trip of M. A. Clark From Kosciusko to Virginia (Continued – second and final part) Sept. 13. Attended the burial this morning of John Chapman from Winston Co., Miss. Another of the Regiment named Baker will be buried this evening. Visited the graves of all the soldiers who have died here. Saw the grave of W. I. Blunt. Visited the sick in town, then called at the Ladies’ hospital, and saw Mrs. Teazle, for whom I had a letter. Having secured our tickets of transportation we went back to the hotel, where we were shaved and had a good dinner. Railroad ticket from Lynchburg to Chattanooga, $18.00. Left Lynchburg at 3 p.m. Sept. 14. At sunrise we met a train in Washington Co., Tenn., with 600 Texas soldiers. The balance of the regt., 500, were ahead. They say there are 1000 Texas soldiers just behind them. Passed Henderson’s depot in Green Co., Tenn., at 8 a.m. Some soldiers are stationed there. This is East Tenn. There are a good many Union men around here in the mountains. The company here went out and took 60 prisoners this week. They took the last of them away yesterday, to Knoxville for trial, only killing two. Reached Knoxville at noon and changed cars for Chattanooga. Over 12,000 soldiers are here. Pass through Bradley county, Tenn., where there are coppermines. It is being shipped from here all the time for different points fo (sic) make cannon ou___. (fold in article). There are copper mines near here in Polk County, Ga, Reached Chattanooga at 7 p.m., had supper and took cars for Grand Junction, Tenn. Railroad ticket, $10.50. Paid $4 for a berth _______ sleeper and slept well. Sept. 15. Sunday. At Iuka, Miss., we took on a train of soldiers for Memphis. There are about 15,000 troops there now. Breakfast at Corinth. A broken _____ on our engine made us miss connection at Grand Junction, which we reach at 11 a.m. The Canton train had left 5 minutes before. Our tavern here, the Percy House, is quite a common, dirty house, full of bedbugs and fleas. Sept. 16. Left Grand Junction at 10:45 a.m. Ticket to West Station $6.10. A train of Texas soldiers passed here this morning for Virginia. The story of the trip ends with a list of towns between Grand Junction and West Station. The diary ends with the following list of volunteers from Attala Co., Miss., by Beats. It probably does not contain names of those who volunteered after September, 1861: Beat No. 1. Riley Allen, Henry Ashmore, R. H. Anderson, George Armstrong, W I Bain, Hugh Bain, Samuel Browning, J C Bridges, Daniel Baum, Edward Barry, A J Boyd, Robert Boyd, G W Bullock, R B Bullock, P M Burt, John C Burt, Richard F Burt, J S Bain, W S Blackwrll (sic), I M Bailey, A WBuffkin, C H B Campbell, George B Campbell, James S. Comfort, John A Comfort, Benjamin A Clark, George W Crowder, John Cole, T Carrigan, J J Conway, James Canson (sic), John Crowley, Wm. H Davis, J W Davis, John L Durha, M L Durhan, Rodi Donoho, John Dory, J B Dennis, Wm Dyer, Peter F Ellis, Charles C Ellis, W P Finley, Ben R Ford, John W Ford, C M Fuller, O L Fuller, J T Fendren, T L Forrester, Stephen Francis, Joe Grunwald, John L Goff, R S Grice, John Groe, W C Gober, John Gore, J D Groe, W C Gober, John Gore, J. D Holmes, A S Herring, Louis Herring, Jno W. Henderson, W J Hammond, J W Harrell, W A Hanan, W F Holmes, J R Hemphill, Robert James, James Jensall, J Carr, W C Lewis, Wm Long, M D McAfee, J M McAfee, WT McAfee, John M. Moore,

Thanks so much for this info. The Civil War has always been my favorite subject. Is the Beat 1 the only beat listing that you have? Thanks again David