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or two. He has two good looking daughters
and a smart woman but they are the
[...ingest?] of [?] and do not deny it
[A?] [p...?] may [?] [?] the men to [Guard?]
a rich mans house and every poor man
in the country leave his last pig and chicken
The men made up on their minds Monday
to have the fat of the land and thus far
they have carried it out. Turkeys, Chickin
and Sheep & pigs [f...?] [kind?]. Yesterday
I helped to kill a nice fat pig belonging
to the man I am now Guarding and he
must rut the rest [closed?] [up?] or we will
[f...?] his [eatbles?]. The first four days we
were out here we [found?] [?] [kind?] we
brought only two days rations with us and
small cases at that and Sunday when
we marched all we had after breakfast
until Monday morning was two hard tacks
and then we [d...?] our own [rations?]
of the [people?] here. To day we [?] [two?]
days [?] and we may stay here
some time yet A great many reports are
stiring here some say we are making a
faint to keep Lee from moving and
others say Lee has moved and is between
Baltimore & Washington and that we
are going in his rear toward Richmond
but I have found the only way to tell
when such reports are true are when
they [?] [papers?] We came out here with
only our Rubber blankets leaving our
knap sacks in camp expecting to go
in again in two days. We have no change
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