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Ordely Sergt. Perrin & Smith as 3 & 5 Sergts. Fred Davis, Bishop, Bowers, Paddock, Stanton, Rocher, and Fraser, as Corporals. The general suposition is that Jimmy Rowe will bet the position of Hospital Steward Co. G. can no longer be called a squad for we have two more men than any other Company in the Regt. Our aggregate is 76 men and all the borrowed men transfered that we got when we came into the service. For the last two days the City has been in a feaver of excitement, two or three extras came out daily with reports of the success of Gen. Grant and his Army, crowds of citizens and Soldiers ocupy every street corner discussing the prospects, some with long faces