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(53)

with all our Bagage 3 miles
Below Fort Weston

September 24th Sunday
This morning I took my pack
traveld to Fort Weston where
we Encampt on the ground
Several of the Companies have
no tents here we are Very
Uncomfortable it being Rainy
and Cold and Nothing to Cover
us Last night a man was shot
By another that Belongs to
the Detachment this after
noon the wound man died
and the Suspected murderer
taken up

September 25th Monday
This morning I was on quarter
guard a Court martial Sat
on the trial of the murderer
Brought him in guilty and
Sentenced him to be hangd