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� 104 October 1st 1864 In line We have advanced our main line a few miles in this battle which called Popular Grove Church, or Pebles Farm. After this battle was over on old man came into our lines and asked for a body guard to acompany him to his home within our lines to get some valuable which he had left. The officer in comand requested him to take the oath of Allegeance before he would allow him a guard. He took the oath and departed with the guard for his premises where he entered a barn, took up a plank in the floor, and took out of the ground quite a pile of gold coin, and was allowed go north for safety. 2d We left the masks in the morning and went out to the front expecting to have a fight but only have a little skirmishing and a few shells ex-changed. Gen Mead rode along by the left of our regt where Genl