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we have been so lucky as to draw bread instead of mush. The ration was somewhat larger. Those who draw raw rations get plenty of meal but the wood is so scarce that they are lucky if they get it cooked. The ration of wood is a piece about 3 feet long by two inches every other way to last three days. Sunday July 7th Read Psalms. unclear William Daily and Ephriam Thompson of the 5th Ind. Cavalry. Old neighbors of ours. They were captured near Macon in the late raid. There are great rumors of parole. We lost our bread ration tonight. Monday August 8th Read Psalms and bathed. It rained. Tuesday August 9th "Read Psalms. We got no rations today. We had the hardest raid today I ever saw. Part of the stockade fell down which gave the poor rebs great trouble had we discovered it a little sooner we might have charged their camp." One of the effects of this rain was to clean the camp of

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