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Reg. went out as a guard on a forageing expedition for corn, we had to go fifteen miles, we started at 2 PM. and got back at Mid Night, and the next night, which was the night of the evacuation was on picket, where we were not allowed to sleep a wink. The rebs kept up their appearances well to the last, as usual a brass band went around the lines in the evening, playing their Nattional Airs Dixie, Bonnie blue Flag, etc. I was almost confident that there was something up, from the constant rattle of Artillery waggons, and at 4 A.M. they began burning their Commissarie Stores, then I was sure of it, and at day light sure enough they had all skedadled.