1862 May 17 Camp Bullock, near New Bern, N.C.

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

Saturday
May 17
Came off picket this morning. Two
of Co. E. got scared last night, and
fired their guns.  Kept a pretty close watch but
saw and heard  nothing.  Rained very hard this
morning before I got off, and the roof of the
house caved in partly, so we got pretty wet.
Fired off and cleaned up gun this afternoon.
Wrote home this evening and went to bed early
as I dd not sleep any last night hardly.

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