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Each man is also to carry 60 rounds of ammunition; ninety more to go on mules. I believe we are ready to start now on twelve hours' notice. ∞
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Received orders that look like a start. The men are to carry 5 days' rations in their knapsacks; and 3 day's in their havresacks. ∞
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The Rebels were trying to send us a paper by making a little boat and and then letting it loose upstream. The attempts proved failures. ∞
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Just returned from a nice ride down the river where I saw the Rebels on the opposite bank. ∞
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The enthusiasm of the troops is very high at the present time. All hands agree in declaring that the army was never in so fine a condition. ∞
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Furloughs and leaves of absences now ceased, and every available man was called back to join him command. ∞
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@ MajGen_Hooker Your letter is received, and will be conformed to. The thing you dispense with would have been ready by mid-day to-morrow. ∞
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@ Sarah: Write soon. Write soon. ∞
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@ Sarah: Good By My dear Wife and may Heaven choisest Blessing rest upon you Both are the Prayers of your affec Husband and Father. ∞
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A court martial has been ordered & I have been made president of the court. We are to use the church, Mt Carmel, for a place of sitting. ∞
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This day is quite warm and like spring. There is some cannonading at a distance. But what it is we don't know... ∞
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We do not yet get any direct accounts of the attempt on Charleston: the reports through rebel sources are that Dupont's fleet was repulsed. ∞
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(to Admiral_Dupont cont.) Do not allow the enemy to erect new batteries or defenses on Morris Island. If he has begun it, drive him out. ∞
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Wrote to Admiral_Dupont: Hold your position near Charleston; or, if you shall have left it, return to it, and hold it until further orders. ∞
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The reviewing is over, the President gone back to Washington, and all once more quietly waiting for orders to move out. ∞
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Tracking down a soldier, John R. Minnick, under sentence of death. Unsure of what his offense, and when is he to be executed. ∞
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There have been peddlers selling whiskey in the vicinity of the army. I have caught one outfit of them, and doubt we will see them again. ∞
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Saw the rebel fires yesterday, on the opposite bank of the Rappahanock. We have at least 4 miles to picket. ∞