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high, grass.it is vf*rv dark at night here—cannose. Twocapturedniggerswas Capt. Dewis, the other Private Cranshaw. You might have read a-bout it in the papers. Both belong to E Co., the same company as myself. Their homes are in Detroit. Sergeant Steer of this company got his arm shot off last night on outsiost. You should see them burying the people here.They put them in a vault and have to pay so much rent a month for the use of each vault. If you skip a month tney throw you in a big bone pile and the dogs put the finishing touches on you.Manila is ail ours and our boys between here and there are at the front. The 16, 9, 12, 22, 36, 17 Inf., 51st Iowa. 3rd Art.. this is called the “Flying Column” of the army. You can find
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The Berkshire Evening Eagle

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US

Fri, Oct 20, 1899

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