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George C. Burmeister diary, 1863
1863-12-24
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and finally the soldiers will have to refund all of it by paying taxes. Make all the men who are drafted go without paying them as much as volunteers, make a distinction between them and volunteers in their wages and bounty and very few would wait to be drafted. Fill up our armies and then push on the union columns to lasting victory. Friday 24 A number of my friends were to see me today to persuade me to attend the party to be given by the staff of our brigade this evening. I finally consented to go. Major John and some other officers came up from Middleton to attend the party. I made a little preparation and after supper went over to Brigade Headquarters. I found Colonel Geddes, who was very glad to see me, he and others invited me to write the programme of the evening which I did in the presence of Lt Mayer, who was rather angry at this. The guests speedily collected and the dance opened. I was very much amused at the first set of cotillion, I never saw so many blunders committed by any set of dancers in this dance, sometimes the ladies would hop
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and finally the soldiers will have to refund all of it by paying taxes. Make all the men who are drafted go without paying them as much as volunteers, make a distinction between them and volunteers in their wages and bounty and very few would wait to be drafted. Fill up our armies and then push on the union columns to lasting victory. Friday 24 A number of my friends were to see me today to persuade me to attend the party to be given by the staff of our brigade this evening. I finally consented to go. Major John and some other officers came up from Middleton to attend the party. I made a little preparation and after supper went over to Brigade Headquarters. I found Colonel Geddes, who was very glad to see me, he and others invited me to write the programme of the evening which I did in the presence of Lt Mayer, who was rather angry at this. The guests speedily collected and the dance opened. I was very much amused at the first set of cotillion, I never saw so many blunders committed by any set of dancers in this dance, sometimes the ladies would hop
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