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to the amount of seven hundred dollars yesterday while the men were on drill a search was made in every tent throughout the whole brigade, but as I understand without finding any of the property. Last night while we were eating supper there was the report of a gun in the next company when every body rushed to see what was the matter, the fellow was cleaning his gun, thinking it was not loaded he had put water in the barrel and was swabing it out when he cocked it with his foot to let the water run out, but it happened there was load in it and a cap on, so off it went, the charge finding its way out the side of the gun instead of the end his fingers were badly cut by the ramrod it breaking in three pieces one of which struck a man in this company without any other affect than leaving a black mark. There is one man in the regiment who was big enough fool to shoot off his right front finger to get out of the service, and then could not get his discharge. Wm. Alsop of Co. G son of a watch maker of Alton has been discharged from the service, he had three fits one night since the he has been crazy nearly