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Jean P Ray’s "The Diary of a Dead
Man" published by Eastern National. The book contains the civil war diary and
letters of Pvt. Ira Pettit, 11th U.S. Infantry.
April 27, 1863, Falmouth, VA
[letter]
"We packed into our knapsacks all we
thought we could carry but found after a march of a few miles that we would have
to get along with less. The road was lined with overcoats and blankets nearly
all disposed of which they thought would be of least use…tore my blanket in two
leaving nearly half of it to lighten my burden…"
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