Monday, November 21, 2011

1861 November 21

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

I came of guard about
9 oclock got my breakfast
had tea for breakfast
it tasted first rate it
is the first we have had
for a long time then
I went in and went
to sleepe slept til noon
came out got my dinner
waked up and walked
out a while for my
healt saw a couple of
boys have a fight about
a case knife one fellow
took it from the other there
was two men had a muss
one got his eye blacked
the other went in the
guard house for I do not
know how long took the ones stripes of

MSS 13405

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