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� 202 August 16 1862 Harrison's Landing

We are not off yet. And troops are still pushing on. The programme has been changed. We are now the rear guard [clause underlined twice] which we might have known before, if we had thought. Strange that there has been no fighting yet. What does it mean. Yesterday we heard an occasional shot. Am a little troubled about matters. Still I shall hope and trust that Everything is well.

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Last evening I passed an almost wholly sleepless night. It was unusually cold, and my hands are covered with marks of muskitoe bites. [clause underlined from "and"] Had nothing but my overcoat for protection from the cold. Was so uncomfortable that I could