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of us yesterday. Evening-I commenced this letter with this afternoons mail-but we have had to drill so much that I didn't get it finished. I found our Boys looking differrent-all rigged out with Guns Knapsacks, Haversacks, Canteens, and everything in the soldiers line. I didn't get my Rig. until today on account of all of them being distributed-but I got one of the Teamsters (A. Bennett) I got 2 shirts- one Blue & one White- 2 Pr Drawers -first rate [Knit ones?]-Gun, Knapsack, Haversack, Canteen, Cartridge Box, Cap Box, & Belt. Taking it all together it's quite a Harness. Our Guns are tolerable nice Guns (Rifled Muskets Brass Mounted). They [illegible] us through like sixty on drill since we got our Arms-from 9 to 11 1/2 o-clock company drill-1 to 4 o-clock Battaline drill- 5 o-clock Dress Parade

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