1861 December 29

[from the diary of Jesse Calvin Spaulding of the 25th Massachusetts]

Did not go ashore today
Sat by the fire and talked and
read. The Col. of the 24th Mass was here this
forenoon to see about getting a place for
his regiment on the boat. This afternoon Col.
Upton and Brown were here on the same
errand. very pleasant to day.

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