9 June 1862

Monday, 9th Pleasant. E.I.R.B. Exodus 1 and 6 inclusive. All is quiet to day. No news, no reports.

[orders and circulars Loren would, or should have seen concurrent with his diary entries...]

Head Quarters 2nd Brig. 2nd Division Centre Army of the Miss. June 9th, 1862
Genl Order No 3 } The vice of gambling has become so general in this Division and is indulged in so persistently in violation of all military propriety and common decency it becomes my duty to resort to special measures to suppress it. Commanders of Regiments of Detachments and Corps of Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry will immediately put out a strong patrol to go through their respective Camps under command of a Commissioned Officer who will continue this patrol on duty 24 hours and whenever a gambling party is detected, or card playing, or dice playing of any kind is discovered within this Division, or within the circuit taken by the patrol, will immediately break up, and if money can be found about the game, or on the cloth, or earth - will take it and apply it for the benefits of the sick or disabled of this command. This patrol duty will be continued until the vice is thoroughly broken up. Major Hayes will detail two patrol parties of 10 men each under Non-commissioned Officers to go over the adjoining country for the same purpose to execute the same duty in the same way. He will continue the detail from day to day until otherwise ordered. Every commanding officer in this Division as soon as he detects a gambling party will break up the game and disperse the gamblers whether the lines or without them. This order will be read on dress parade to morning at 9 o'clock in every Regiment and Corps.
By order Brig Genl Oglesby