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and relieved him and stood his
guard in the hail rain & snow until nine
oclock this morning then I was relieved by
the new guard 25 the Captain excused
me from drill to day except parade
Jan 26th I went on review to day and
went to meeting and went on dress
parade Jan 27th we had a tip top
regimental drill to day there was
two or three regiments of infantry practic
eing at loading and firing it was
a grand sight Jan 28th we drilled as usual
to day Jan 29th I wrote a letter to Marcus
Thatcher to day and drilled as usual Jan
30th It rained to day we did not drill to
day we had a bible class in the evening
at our tent the first sergent & second lieutenant
was present we had a tip top time too
Jan 31st I was on guard to day and was
stationed at the guard house to take care
of some prisoners it happened that there
was a peddler in there trading with the
prisoners when I was stationed there the