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1861-12-06
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December, FRIDAY, 6, 1861. Col. Ruger is provost Marshall. about twelve is detailed every day out of each Co. as provost guard. Aout five hundred tipsy soldiers was arrested last night by the Guard. SATURDAY, 7. Gen Bank whole Division is here, and every night soldiers of the different Regts. come into the city and raise the devil, get drunk, scare the wimen and children, and give our Boys great trouble. SUNDAY, 8. Our Regt. is getting the ill will of all the other Regts. Because we arrest all noisy soldiers, as is our duty, we being the provost Guard, We are nicknamed "Backwoodsmen"
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December, FRIDAY, 6, 1861. Col. Ruger is provost Marshall. about twelve is detailed every day out of each Co. as provost guard. Aout five hundred tipsy soldiers was arrested last night by the Guard. SATURDAY, 7. Gen Bank whole Division is here, and every night soldiers of the different Regts. come into the city and raise the devil, get drunk, scare the wimen and children, and give our Boys great trouble. SUNDAY, 8. Our Regt. is getting the ill will of all the other Regts. Because we arrest all noisy soldiers, as is our duty, we being the provost Guard, We are nicknamed "Backwoodsmen"
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