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May. William", There are 156 guns mounted on the island, most or all of them heavy. 9th. Bt Lt Col. Prime Capt 17th Infty six officers and 90 men leave at 5:30 AM. for Fort Leavenworth via the Erie R.R. The scenery along this road is fine and in some place grand. At and near Port. Jervis I think I saw the finest. At Hale's Eddy there was a Blondin or "some other man" walking a rope stretched from the tops of two of the highest houses. He also walked over while having his legs and feet encased in a sack. The country and improvement around Binghamton and Elmira is good. About 11 PM. arrive at Salamanca where we change cars, taking the