1861 October 22

[from the diary of Francis G. Hale of the 34th Ohio Zouaves]

I feele a good [d]ele better
to day but do not felle
very woulfish though
H[e]a[r]d Austin is sick in
the Hospittal he has
some kind of fever
I hope he will get out
of there soone though
there is no more sick
here Rich Hosier is
still at the Charleston
hospittal yet I will
try and get him a dis
charge if I can but
I do not believe I will
be able for a while
yet I was promoted
to orderly sarget to
day it is an office
I would not have
if I could helpe it for
less than 75 dollars a mont
for a fellow has to be
a going all the time
I had to take out a
squad this evening
for batalion drill I
only had two men
and when I got to
the grounds I had
to take my men out
by my self and drill
them I was clost to
the jail thet have one
fellow in there that
they will hang soone
I expect for being a
spy when they was
out last as they were
coming near the camp
of the enimy they had
to pass a steam saw mill
and when they came near
it they blowed it to
warn the enimy so
when they came to
the enimies camp
it was desurted so
they stoped there place
there guards they had
only just got there guard
placed when up came
two men the guards
fird on them and
kill them both as they
hear after wards they
was tied on their
horses and their horses
carried them of but
one fellow droped his
gun the other droped
his hat the hat had
a hole shot through
it a bove the right ear
the gun had the stock
shot of at the britch
when the two bullet struck
the gun it discharge
it they shot a nother
man he sliped up and
fire a double barrel
shot gun loded with
shot he wounded one
of our men in the
leg then he started
to run and run a long
a fence he was stoupin
as he run and one of our
men fired at and hit
him in the back the
ball hat up toward
his chest and came
out below the chest
the blood spurted out
to the hight of two feet
he was an awful
object to look up on
for the blood fell in
his face and kivered
him all over this was
told to me by one of
the boys that saw him
and shot at one of the
other men his name
that told me was
George Wright there was
lot of our boys out to
day and got a lot of
apples potaters and
cabbage and turnips

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