1862 February 16 Roanoke Island

[from the diary of Jesse Calvin Spaulding, Co. F, 25th Massachusetts]

Feb. 16
On guard again to day inside
the line to keep the prisoners
from going out. Rainy all day. Lay down
under a fallen tree and read the Testa-
ment. Thought much of home and friends
They say the prisoners are to be released
on parole until they can be exchanged.

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