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morning and at two oclock there
was preaching on the ground I am sorry to
say that but few were out there were
20 privates and ten officers including the
elder there is some lack some where or else
there is (well (I will not tell) his text was
in the 5th chapter of Mathew & 16 verse after
preaching we went to our quarters and
ang some hymns and read some in our bibles
and went out on dress parade and then
cooked our supper and after roll call we
retired to sllep Monday we drilled in
marching and wheeling by companies
preparatory to a review the next day
Tuesday we got up and [d?] [dusted?] around
and blacked our boots and polished our brass
shoulder plates and sabers and at ten oclock
we were marched out on the color lines for
review which was don by general Palmer
and staff and then we were mustered on
the pay roll but have not been paid
yet when I get it shall I send it
home or get it into a treasury note
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there was a heavy cannonading
over the river last night