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William F. Goodhue diary, 1861
1861-05-16
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May, THURSDAY, 16, 1861. I went to concert last night given by Mr. Leland's singing school. heard the new song, God bless our brave young volunteers. I drilled the usual hours to-day, part of the afternoon we drilled in the Square. 12. 124 157 1/2 FRIDAY, 17. To-day we marched on the hay scales and got weighed, the aggregate weight of our company is 12.124. making the average weight of a man 157 1/2 if solid men can fight we need not be afraid but what we can fight, we had our usual drill. SATURDAY, 18. This forenoon we visited I Hurlbur and Ed. Morris gave them seven cheers by count. This afternoon, William and myself walked home to Brodhead 16 miles we started at one o-clock and got there at six we felt rather tired.
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May, THURSDAY, 16, 1861. I went to concert last night given by Mr. Leland's singing school. heard the new song, God bless our brave young volunteers. I drilled the usual hours to-day, part of the afternoon we drilled in the Square. 12. 124 157 1/2 FRIDAY, 17. To-day we marched on the hay scales and got weighed, the aggregate weight of our company is 12.124. making the average weight of a man 157 1/2 if solid men can fight we need not be afraid but what we can fight, we had our usual drill. SATURDAY, 18. This forenoon we visited I Hurlbur and Ed. Morris gave them seven cheers by count. This afternoon, William and myself walked home to Brodhead 16 miles we started at one o-clock and got there at six we felt rather tired.
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