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William Wallace van Amber
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Diary Entries August 8th, 1863

Diary entry Dated 08/08/63

Sat. Aug. 8, 1863

Last night I stood on guard 4 hours. Went down to the river and had a wash Wrote a letter to Ett.

Sun. Aug. 9, 1863

Went down to the river and had a good wash today.

Mon. Aug. 10, 1863

This morning we received notice to get ready to start for New York. Started at 3, got to Rouses Point about 6, took the boat for Whitehall. Rode all night.