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Edwin was sworn into the Union as "Sergeant of the guards" -
Edwin was given his weapons and transferred with his camp to Parkesburg -
Edwin was on guard duty along the camp's perimeter, nine prisoners were brought in that day. -
Edwin, along with some of the camp traveled to camp "Piat"
Soon after they began, it started to rain. The storm lasted the rest of the day -
The Quartermaster of camp "Piat" put in an order for new weapons for Edwin and the others there at the time.
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Edwin and the rest of his camp got the new weapons and ammo the camps Quartermaster placed an order for. -
Edwin and some of the camp traveled 4 miles to camp "Beckley" to start work on a bridge in "Witch Crick" while surrounded by Southern forces, though it seems they didn't find Edwin and the others working on the bridge. -
The bridge Edwin's camp worked on at "Witch Crick" was finished at 10 o'clock. Edwin and the others had traveled 6 miles to a meadow and camped there for the night. -
Edwin and his camp traveled 12 miles to Summersville, they ended up getting there at three o'clock.
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Edwin was on picket guard duty 7 miles from Summersville, he had corn, bread, milk, and butter with the others on guard duty with him. -
Edwin and the others were inspected, one of the others' rifle went off and wounded two people, the bayonet cutting another.
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A man named Edward Beckley had died, he was buried the next day at 4 o'clock. He seemed to be a friend of Edward.