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104 October 1st 1864 In line

We have advanced our main line a few miles in this battle which called Poplar Grove Church, or Peble's Farm. After this battle was over on old man came into our lines and asked for a body guard to accompany him to his home within our lines to get some valuables which he had left. The officer in command 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 works in the morning and went out to the front expecting to have a fight but only have a little skirmishing and a few shells exchanged. Gen Mead rode along by the left of our regt where Genl