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1864-02-27 -- 1864-03-01

35  Prayer meeting in Capt. Schellenger,s tent   from 10 Am to 5 Pm,  28th Sunday relieved at 9 Am, inspection at 9 Am, preaching at 3. Pm, a beautiful day,  29th inspection review and muster day, cool, cloudy, misty disagreeable day, no drill to day.  March 1st cold rainy morning rained a good share of last night, no Breakfast this morning, stoped raining about ten o clock Am, cold disagreeable day.  Perkins and I got up a kind of stove or heater for our tent that answered the purpose well, no drill to day, went to the Lyceum in the evening with Al Rollins, the manner & order of conducting the exercises as follows:  President and secretary Protem, elected, house called to order by the President, exercises commenced with prayer by President, & singing of a hymn, next in order, reading a paper edited by one of the members of the society, next an essay on morality and christianity; the subject,

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35 Prayer meeting in Capt. Schellenger,s tent from 10 Am to 5 Pm, 28th Sunday relieved at 9 Am, inspection at 9 Am, preaching at 3. Pm, a beautiful day, 29th inspection review and muster day, cool, cloudy, misty disagreeable day, no drill to day. March 1st cold rainy morning rained a good share of last night, no Breakfast this morning, stoped raining about ten o clock Am, cold disagreeable day. Perkins and I got up a kind of stove or heater for our tent that answered the purpose well, no drill to day, went to the Lyceum in the evening with Al Rollins, the manner & order of conducting the exercises as follows: President and secretary Protem, elected, house called to order by the President, exercises commenced with prayer by President, & singing of a hymn, next in order, reading a paper edited by one of the members of the society, next an essay on morality and christianity; the subject,