5.	Peter Beaver Diary, 1864

febwary the 27 AD 18{…}
inlistet and left my
deare famly and i got
home on the {4} of march 
5	and i left my seet
famly on the 10 of march
march the 13 we had 
{…} when [in over] carriet
March the 14 Balthy
10	[N]euhisel went to 
the hose spitel
james Bolden died
march the 14 AD 1864
March the 16 AD 1864
15	james Cartter and 
john Sloter jent
to the hose spittel
March the 17 AD 186[4]
{…}adam fry jent

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20	Henry wels died march
the 18 AD 1864
[Drawd ower choles] march
the 19 march the 19
Baldy Neuhisel came
25	t[o] his Brricks
john .C. Slater
dide nite march
the 22 AD 1864
isral daren died
30	march the 24
james Smith taken 
to the hosespittel
April the 3 more
{…} Com{…} A died the
35	3 of April.
Gorge w moone died
april the 15 AD 1864
Andrew j wood
{…} April the 17
40	wood diad

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campeny A drwd
thire mony April
the 15.
April the 12 i was
45	a poind a seerten in
Campne A
April the 19 i luck
the mumps April
the 24 Seck meade
50	was taken to the
hose spittel john
wood was taken 
to town gorge M
rite was ta to 
55	town on the 24
of April
gorge M rite died
April the 24
April the 25 john
60	wood diad

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April the 25
i came home to see
my deare famly and
left h[o]me {…}seet
65	home to 28 of of
April AD 1864
Cempne A drawd
thire armes may the 6
Bansman Norses dead
70	may the 7 we left
canp and on the
10 of may and came
to pitsburg on the 
12 and we came to 
75	baltmore on the 
13 and we came to 
washiton on the
14 we left Wasiton
on the 16 of may
80	for frerick burg

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we landet bell
plane we lefet belle
on the 18 17
for fredrick burg
85	and on the morning
of the 18 we heurd
them fite whare
we campdt in the
wild[ners specotv]ill
90	put left thire and
2 mile on the 19
thare wa[s a man] shot
on the 21 day of may
we disgard his colthes
95	in the 19 masejiues
regmnet and we
left on the 20
and mach 30 miles
and thrw op brest
100	warkese and on

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the 21 we thrwe
up brest warkse all
	(at mill and Stasen)
day and we hord them
105	fite every day on the
23 we left that place
and march 6  {… over}
river and there was fitein
on the 24 all are day
110	and on the 25 we was
fiteing all day and
on the 26 we coments
fiteing agan may the
27 james mat makenlies
115	kild[ &] Danijel a Dibel
mordly wondet gorge
fra fares wondet gorge
rely Henry awuther
wondet danijel a dibel
120	died the 27 we lift
{…}n orer river on the 

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(june)
27 day and march 36 milese
to powr munkey river
125	the 28 we crost the
powr munky river and
march 14 miles and
threw brest warkes
on the 31 we left {lume}
130	over town and campt
in the woods and we
had cro[m]ing in [brow]
at 10 oclock on the 30
and fot all day
135	the 31 we comments
fiteing at 4 clock
in moring at {junesis}
hile and kep in
de all til knite
140	june the 1 we commnts
fiteing at 4 oclock
in the morning

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