1861 December 24

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

it is very cold this morning
and not mutch wood
to warm by so we have
to get clost to the
fire and it keepes part
cold and part warm
there is one of our
boys that had a fit
last night and had
one the night before
and has one now
his name is Harrison
from frost station
he will get a discharge
I expect there is a lot
of the boys going home
now on furlough for
we have been payed off
we was payed off yesterday
$41.22.


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