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1865 continued 10th Layed in camp all day rebble officers were engaged in diging up Torpedos they had planted around their works received orders to be ready to march at a moments notice with five days cooked rations in haversacks 11th Moved our camp up on the hill about 50 yards in the morning. evening received orders to move into the rebble fort camped after dark in the rebble works near Bleakeley landing. 12th Morning Moved about one hundred yards to get a good position fixed our camp report of the evacuation of Mobile 13th One hundred guns fired in honor of the fall of the doomed city of Mobile fall of Richmond and Petersburg confirmed layed in camp all day 14th Layed in camp all day 15th = = = =
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1865 continued 10th Layed in camp all day rebble officers were engaged in diging up Torpedos they had planted around their works received orders to be ready to march at a moments notice with five days cooked rations in haversacks 11th Moved our camp up on the hill about 50 yards in the morning. evening received orders to move into the rebble fort camped after dark in the rebble works near Bleakeley landing. 12th Morning Moved about one hundred yards to get a good position fixed our camp report of the evacuation of Mobile 13th One hundred guns fired in honor of the fall of the doomed city of Mobile fall of Richmond and Petersburg confirmed layed in camp all day 14th Layed in camp all day 15th = = = =
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