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/ Genl. /
prisoners in Columbia & a number of captered Negroes Genl
Nugley commands the post at Murphreysborough This is contradicted
One Negro has Small pox that was captered

Wed 7 / Sick Soldier Shoot /
It is quite warm & cloudy the wind is from the S. W.
No particular news Our sick Soldier is mending he has had a
verry bad time & suffered much from the burn

1864 December Wed 7 / Corn / Green / Maryann / Cold / Soldiers /
We are still gathering Corn through the fields scatering
about 2 lodes a day That is better saved than lost for we are
doing nothing else. Green came home to day having been absent
ever since the Southern troop came in he has not been with
the Feds but at B Martins
Maryann came in her Bugga braught us some flour in a bag
I filled her bag with apples She went home through Town I
went with her as far as Town did not get out of my bugga I
could not gather any news only a greate Cry for provisions
& Wood. It is turning cold verry fast the Wind is verry
peircing & getting to the North The Town & Country is full
of Wounded Soldiers who is running every direction for some
thing to eat.

Th 8th / Killing our pork /
This morning is verry cold ground froze hard Wind from
the North We are trying to kill what few pork hogs that we
have left The weights are as follows, 224, 233, 238, 287,
255, 270, 253, 185, 262, 312, 210, Stag 421 (12 hogs) making
3150 in all We killed 6 small ones 10 days ago but did not