Thanks for sharing the diary of your ancestor and posting it!!!!!!!!

Would have been easy for Pvt. Bass to "bag it" after he returned home to Mississippi from Chattanooga/Atlanta Campaigns, but his continued action as a scout in the 11th & 17th Arkansas during 1864-65 was truly a service of honor.....!!!!!

Bass, W.J. ----Co. C 11th/17th Ark. Inf. Pvt/Pvt

take care,

Ken