1862 January 7

[from the diary of Francis G. Hale of the 34th Ohio Zouaves]
I slept pretty nigh
all day it snowed
sum last night
but not mutch
there was another
Co went out to day
on a scout they
will be gon a fiew
days I expect I hope
they will have as
good a time as
the other boys
it is very cold
today but they had
battalion drill
for all that
Co. H is at beachfork
to stay there for a
while at Gilkensons
mill

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