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But no they must fix the curse of a drunken commander upon us before they could leave? us. Mark this young aspirant for the glory of war for from it grows a sad tale of misery and suffering and even death that fell on many brave soldiers. I am now approaching a period in this narative that will illustrate the wickedness of war more fully than anything I have yet told. Wednesday May 11th I have got through the Grammar to-day and commenced reviewing I shall pay particular attention to punctuation in my review. Thursday may 12th Accounts still come of hard fighting. I have been studying punctuation to-day Hezekiah and I took a walk after dinner. And in the evening C.O. Thomas and I walked out. Friday May 13th The papers bring glorious news from the front. The old 2d Corps has covered itself with what fools call glory. that is to say it has slain and captured a host. Jim Imson, Hezekiah and I took a walk gathering flowers this morning. Berdan and I a pleasant walk this evening. And after that I had a long walk and gas with that specimen known under the cognomen of Charlez Graves. I have been Studying Punctuation to-day.