Division left Mobile on April 22 and arrived at Selma on April 27; thoughts about President Lincoln’s assassination; provisions for troops; regiment serving as provost guards in the city; readiness to return home

Troops camped around Mobile; possibility of being mustered out soon; news of the murder of Kirby Smith; impact of the abolition of slavery on African-Americans; plans for spending the bounty he will receive when mustered out

Rumors of being mustered out; explosion that happened there on April 25; inflated prices of goods there; impact of the war on that region

Orders for mustering out the regiment have been received, with plans to reach Ohio and home by July 4; division narrowly missed a trip to Texas; the destiny of John Wilkes Booth, according to Universalists; thoughts about the destiny of the soldiers of the Republic who have fallen in battle and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem, “The Eternal Goodness”

Ordered to Kennerville or Kenner, 20 miles from New Orleans; Gen. Davison’s commanding style; consolidation of the 48th & 83rd Ohio; African-American troops’ skill in manueuvers of the school of the battalion; changes that the war has brought them

Boarded the steamer John A. Rice at Mobile and headed towards the Gulf; rough passage to Galveston; conditions of men and rations there

Suffering from neuralgia caused by a decaying tooth; prospect for mustering out and returning to Ohio

Received final discharge from the service; studying the law as a profession, with assistance from cousin Henry Snow and staying at the home of Dr. Scudder

Plans for studying the law; farm prospects and boarders at home; continuation of the railroad to Brookville

Visit to Lydia and Stephen’s home and to friends in Ottawa, Illinois and in Chicago; books advised to read to begin the study of law; sale of the other Snow place