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50 June 14th

  I with the rest of the guards are to stop here at Mount Jackson this morning while Govener Haines goes with a flag of truce after the body of his son. General Fremont and his army is here at Mount Jackson. We started to come back at 6 oclock PM. did not git back to Strasburg till 1 oclock in the morning. was pretty tired when I got there.

June 15th

  I was in Camp to day. received a letter from home this morning. was very glad to hear from home. I wrote a letter home. Twenty men of our Company was detailed to go to Winchester 

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with a lot of prisoners of war taken by General Fremont in the battle last Sunday. two more of our men has been sent to General Fremonts Headquarters with despatches this afternoon.

June 16th

  In camp all day. nothing of eny interest has taken place to day. Two of our men was sent to Winchester with dispatches to day. At dark to night I with 2 more men from my Company had to go to Mount Jackson to General Fremonts Headquarters with a man that was arrested here in Strasburg by the order of Gen'l Fremont for stealing horses. it was 8 oclock in the morning when we got to Mount Jackson.