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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
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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
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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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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/
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We are now 16 miles of Richmond. http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Richmond-History.html
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We left from Drummondtown accomac on last monday the 26th. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accomac,_Virginia
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We arrived to Sailsbury on thursday the 28th then imbarked on the Cars for Baltimore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
