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Pork See 8th Decr Our pork old book 1864 we repacked & salted in
the seller the 11th Jany 1865

1864 Decemr
Sun 11th Cold Sunday
fighting prisoners
Sick Soldier

This Morning is extreamly Cold the Wind is high from the N W
the snow is about three inches deep froze, and a perfect sheet
of ice It is the coldest day I think that has been for Many
years. It may be well called the Cold Sunday. Our Sick Man Capt.
Shoat is not so well this Morning No particular news Some fight-
ing & Scrimengon at Levernge & some Yankey prisoners taken & brought
to Columbia there are probably several thousand here. This morning
we are trying to get wood. Our sick man is some better not much
better (Capt Shoat)

Mon. 12
Self
Wagon Green
prisoners
Wagon
The wind calmed at Midnight. It is very cold. A 11 hands are try-
ing to get wood. Our apples I think are (the most of them) froze
I have been unwell for several days Ten Confed soldiers came to
get corn We did not have it
Green is making a wagon tongue, the Confeds are taking every
Mule and horse they can find that is worth any thing & hunting
provisions all round about the Confeds are moving their prisoners
back to the South some 5,000 they are to start with them in the
Morning the Wagon Green fixed works verry well

Tu 13
Capt Shoat
This Morning our sick soldier is not so well the Wind has shifted
during the last night to the east & S.E. & the Weather has verry