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fell out of ranks and came in at our leasure by the way we say a couple of cows in a field. We jumped over and milked a couple of pints of milk and bought some ginger cakes and molasses. I tell you we had jolly old supper. We got in camp about 11 o'clock.

That knight there was two men died in our reg. the first that died within the reg'mt. They were buryed the next day with one from the 20th Wis. It was a solemn and affecting sight. They left their homes (No doubt) with the hope that they would be the lucky ones but alas it was not so, they are layd in the Wilderness. with none of the loved ones to weep for their graves. There is a great many sick in the reg. caused from hard marching