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Saturday July 2d 1864 We marched about 20 miles, and camped in a nice place we marched so fast that the rebel guards gave out so that they were obliged to call out the citizens to guard us. If these are real specimens of rebel soldiers I don't see how the southern confederacy has lasted so long. The country much the same as that we passed in the afternoon, but we may often travel ten miles in this region without seeing water." In those days I was again plotting my escape. When we would stop in the woods I would try picking huckle berries, but I believe a certain old reb mistrusted my design for he kept his eyes on me on all such occasions.