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exceedingly to lay here in my misery and think that the State of Maine is assisting my family when I could after a little fresh air and recruiting of my health amply provide for them myself. My past conduct I have written before & also my resolution for the future and all I can say now is that I am firmly resolved to lead a different life. I think I have had a very hard time for the last six months, 3 months of the time confined in a narrow cell, if I had been swindling the government getting 3 or 4 bounties I should say my punishment was just. I enlisted at the call of the President & it was the opinion of a majority of the citizens of Bangor that our Regt would