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Camp [Proclamation?] Woodvill Alabama April 21th 1864 Dear Parents, Yours letter of the 10th I recived day before yesterday & being on duty I was unable to write sooner we are kept buisy between guard duty and drill that we have not much time to do any thing better so for our healths if we were allowed to remain idle and inactive (that is free from all duty) there would be a great deal of sickness at present the health of the regiment is tolerable good. one of Co Cs died this morning in the camp hospital & will be buried this evening his name is Westfall he was sick but five days & never had any sickness before since he has been in the service he had the typhoid fevor & newmonia he was the only sick man we had in the company as for my self I never had better health but this afternoon I feel tired we were on grand review today the whole Division was review by Gen Logan and we drilled four hours with our knapsacks on our Backs besides walking two miles to Parade ground. It was a splendid affair to look at much better than being a Participant in well by the time this comes to hand you will have seen Robert Elarton and have
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Camp [Proclamation?] Woodvill Alabama April 21th 1864 Dear Parents, Yours letter of the 10th I recived day before yesterday & being on duty I was unable to write sooner we are kept buisy between guard duty and drill that we have not much time to do any thing better so for our healths if we were allowed to remain idle and inactive (that is free from all duty) there would be a great deal of sickness at present the health of the regiment is tolerable good. one of Co Cs died this morning in the camp hospital & will be buried this evening his name is Westfall he was sick but five days & never had any sickness before since he has been in the service he had the typhoid fevor & newmonia he was the only sick man we had in the company as for my self I never had better health but this afternoon I feel tired we were on grand review today the whole Division was review by Gen Logan and we drilled four hours with our knapsacks on our Backs besides walking two miles to Parade ground. It was a splendid affair to look at much better than being a Participant in well by the time this comes to hand you will have seen Robert Elarton and have
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