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     There is a man to be cour martial
here to day for striking his leiut
he belonged to the artilery conpany
I went down to the cittie thursday and
to the capitol and to the cathedral and
to the cittie hall and I went down to
the Hudson River where I saw a great
many ships & steamers and I went
through the buisniss part of the town
and then got an invitation to ride
back to camp which I accepted
I tell you what Deacon, the citty
is a big thing. There was tall
drilling in camp the other day an
officer was drilling a squad of three
recruits h commanded them to form
on fours they dropped down on to
their hands and feet and walked of
the office [It?] made me think of you
when the pig carried you out from under
the sheet the boys said that there