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Spaniel for him to withdraw the charges and after almost going on his knees to him he finally acknowleged in writing his ungentlemanly conduct and asked pardon verry humbly and made some verry humiliating acknowledgements and then the Chaplain agreed to withdraw the charges so the matter was hushed in that way.   He is now detailed as one of the Commanders of the barracks and is put in charge of the Sick at the Old Iron Foundry near New Haven.   The best joke of this matter is that he played Sick for 2 or 3 weeks trying to get a furlough but failed So the General thought if he was sick he would give him a sick job and day before yesterday he had to pack up and go. Oh dear but he was mad. Lieut McKinney is now in command of our Company and all I have to say is I hope he will remain so, and I do not think there are many in the Company who would be sorry if they kept the Cap. at his unenviable job. The health of Our Reg. is getting quite good and we now have about 700 or 800 men fit for duty. There has been two deaths in our Reg. within the last week by fever, but you do not know either of them. The Mortality in some Regiments has been verry great for the week or two. The Regts. that appear to suffer most are the 34th and 50th Ind. which I think will avrage 2 or 3 each day in each of these Regts. Some days as high as 5 or 6 are hauled to their long home.   The complaint appears to be Measels and Fevers.  The Small pox (speaking in camp phrase) is played out.  

In walking through the camp of the 17th Ind. this morning who should I meet but your old associate and School mate Charles Richards. We have been encamped together ever since last Spring and never met each other to know it until now. He is well but wishes himself at home badly.   Ella says in her letter that they are all well and that Sam and [Em?] have just returned from Illinois and that Sam had bought a farm, and that they are going there in the Spring

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Spaniel for him to withdraw the charges and after almost going on his knees to him he finally acknowleged in writing his ungentlemanly conduct and asked pardon verry humbly and made some verry humiliating acknowledgements and then the Chaplain agreed to withdraw the charges so the matter was hushed in that way. He is now detailed as one of the Commanders of the barracks and is put in charge of the Sick at the Old Iron Foundry near New Haven. The best joke of this matter is that he played Sick for 2 or 3 weeks trying to get a furlough but failed So the General thought if he was sick he would give him a sick job and day before yesterday he had to pack up and go. Oh dear but he was mad. Lieut McKinney is now in command of our Company and all I have to say is I hope he will remain so, and I do not think there are many in the Company who would be sorry if they kept the Cap. at his unenviable job. The health of Our Reg. is getting quite good and we now have about 700 or 800 men fit for duty. There has been two deaths in our Reg. within the last week by fever, but you do not know either of them. The Mortality in some Regiments has been verry great for the week or two. The Regts. that appear to suffer most are the 34th and 50th Ind. which I think will avrage 2 or 3 each day in each of these Regts. Some days as high as 5 or 6 are hauled to their long home. The complaint appears to be Measels and Fevers. The Small pox (speaking in camp phrase) is played out. In walking through the camp of the 17th Ind. this morning who should I meet but your old associate and School mate Charles Richards. We have been encamped together ever since last Spring and never met each other to know it until now. He is well but wishes himself at home badly. Ella says in her letter that they are all well and that Sam and [Em?] have just returned from Illinois and that Sam had bought a farm, and that they are going there in the Spring