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126 Corps Review

March 1st 1865 Wednesday. A wet day. No news.

2d Good news from Genl Sherman

3d We are orderd to have three drills a day. We had a brigade dress parade.

4th Stormy A.M. No news of importence.

5th A fair day. Had an inspection at nine oclock A.M.

6th Fair and quite frosty. Drill and dress parade regular easy day if fair. Division review P.M.

7th A corps review P.M. Genls Mead and Grant were present. Genl Bartlett has got back to the brigade

8th A rainy day. No news of importence

9th Rainy. No news

10th A rainy day. I got a pass and went to City Point. found a friend and went to the first Me Sharpshooters and see Nevel Smith

11th G. F. Walker [Gustavus F Walker] and I started to the front, and the car broke down but did not hurt any one. We walked four miles to the next station, and saw a guard fire at a prisoner that was trying to escape from him. The cars came and we took passage to the front.