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The Melville Cox Follett Diary Page 1

Jan. 24th:
I commenced keeping diary in Tom Sandle's book he being gone the Devil knows where. This morning inspection of arms weather cloudy and damp. No camp guards furnished by our Brigadier yesterday we were on pickett had the easiest duty our company ever done. Doc Hanson is to return to the Regiment soon I understand. Good for us. Dr. Fitch I believe will leave and I pray to God such may be the case.

We have left in our old troop:

J.Y. Elliott First Sgt.
Corp. Bennett
Corp. Norton
Homer Pratt
Linnder Haynes
Goodrich
Orville Bassett
Howard ?
Will Smith
and last and least Mell Follett.

We lost out of our Squad:
Corp. Dwight Lincoln
Tom Sanders who has gone
Duncan Hamilton to Pot
John Minnick's body was found yesterday.
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