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George C. Burmeister diary, 1861
1861-07-17 -- 1861-07-20
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Wed. 17 Stood guard all day without noticing any thing out of the regular routine of camp life. The famers bring things into camp and demand extraordinary prices for all kinds of edibles. Feel pretty fatigued. Thurs. 18. Our regiment is now reduced to half rations, I manage to keep sufficient provisions on hand to satisfy myself. The boys are firm, and intend to leave the army almost unanimously at the expiration of their term of enlistment. I helped to carry flour to a neighboring farmer to have it turned into bread. Cloudy. We had an awful long battalion drill. Fri. 19. Last night we had a terrible rain, not having sufficient tents for our company, the boys had a pretty rough time of it, we all were pretty well soaked, lying in a bed of water. We will probably leave this place tomorrow. Satur. 20 We commenced our march under different circumstances from what we were expecting, the battalion being divided, Col. Bates commanding four companies, and Col. Merritt the other 6 of the regiment, our company being in the last division accompanied by the 2d Regt. Kansas Vol and two cannon. Our destination is
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Wed. 17 Stood guard all day without noticing any thing out of the regular routine of camp life. The famers bring things into camp and demand extraordinary prices for all kinds of edibles. Feel pretty fatigued. Thurs. 18. Our regiment is now reduced to half rations, I manage to keep sufficient provisions on hand to satisfy myself. The boys are firm, and intend to leave the army almost unanimously at the expiration of their term of enlistment. I helped to carry flour to a neighboring farmer to have it turned into bread. Cloudy. We had an awful long battalion drill. Fri. 19. Last night we had a terrible rain, not having sufficient tents for our company, the boys had a pretty rough time of it, we all were pretty well soaked, lying in a bed of water. We will probably leave this place tomorrow. Satur. 20 We commenced our march under different circumstances from what we were expecting, the battalion being divided, Col. Bates commanding four companies, and Col. Merritt the other 6 of the regiment, our company being in the last division accompanied by the 2d Regt. Kansas Vol and two cannon. Our destination is
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