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July 11 1861
2 men of Company B tried to run out past the gaurds last night. Captain Ricketts arrested him and took him to the gaurd house. http://fortoswego.com/?page_id=16 -
Army Privledges
We are perfect in all manuevurs, we are allowed privledges that the regulatations of the army will permit . Its cold at night, we sleep cold. But we starting to hunt for winter. http://trenchwarfareworldwar1.weebly.com/living-conditions.html -
Musket Shoot Out
Captain said he would shoot anyone who tried to leave. A man stared to run, captain got his revolver and shot but missed. 20 guards were soon on him with loaded muskets, me being among them.
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Second Delaware Rigement Battle
Their was a hard battle the other day, the Second Delaware Rigement was inganged agaisnt Cap Snows Battery B pernell Legion, the fight lasted 20 mins. http://www.2nddelaware.com/ -
Richmond
We are now 16 miles of Richmond. http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Richmond-History.html -
Left Drummondtown
We left from Drummondtown accomac on last monday the 26th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accomac,_Virginia -
Arrived to Sailsbury
We arrived to Sailsbury on thursday the 28th then imbarked on the Cars for Baltimore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland -
Rebels Arrive
The rebels arrived in large numbers. First driving at our pickets and then attacked on our batteries. But they were repulsed, they tried again but they shot from so far away nobody paid attention.
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Rebels Still Shooting
We have one more battle, we should win this one. We started out last night and were Gone all night, we slept in mud, we have been sleeping all day actually. Rebels are still firing but we are trying not to shoot back we must save our bullets. https://www.quora.com/How-well-do-soldiers-sleep-during-war -
Camp On Battlefield
We have been fighting for 4 days, we have lost and wounded at least 20,000. I escaped unhurt. Our camp was on battlefield. http://www.civilwar.org/hallowed-ground-magazine/winter-2013/life-of-the-civil-war-soldier-camp.html -
Two Prisoners
We have 2 prisoners , we have not eaten in quite some time. http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/prisoners-of-war -
Rebel Fights
The rebel fights very good, but we were victorious at every point. Even if we were outnumbered, our officers deserve praise. http://www.answers.com/Q/What_was_a_rebel_in_the_civil_war
