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~:e~port Ne~Jß ?oint. No, I dtdn‘t a•e lt. i: didfltt cone down .11 thà way on the

1~unbo‘~t. I !~ad the ~eas1ee on the ~erttanz~ ay~d tise put otT at ~rrieon‘s Lend..

~ ~i~• •~ ~ Wc~T~e11an retreated from ~U~hmortd tbrouç~h the peninsizla to ~ashtngton,

~: ~a~e to “ar~pton a~ a ~overrvi .. . ent w*ter boy.

	!! ~ M le I ~~ae aboard the gwiboet~ ehe captured e rebel gunboat et ~ ~lac~ c~Ied ~Jrury~e L3luff. Thn I first case to Hrn~pton, there ~vere.~ only berrGok• ~where the lnetitute i.j when i returned ~enerel ~ !~*d done

.	rite 1~&Z~t.

	~i loft HBri)ton still ~ork1n~ a. s w*ter boy and t~.nt to ~‘uiro Cr~ek, ~ell Plaint;, ~(s,, a place near Harper‘ e 1!orry. I left the creek aboard a etoamey, the icn~,rf~l ~ookor, end ~~ient to A1exandri~, ~Ia. AbreM~ Linooln o&‘~e aboard the atea~er and ~e ‘~arri~ hi?~ to Mt. Vernon, (~eorge ~aehington‘s old hoœa. ~het did he look ltke? ‘“h~p, be 1o4*od more like en old pre~aher than anything I kr~ow. rre~ Heh~ ~ ~eve you ever seen any pictures oC him? ~.ll, if you e~en~ e picture or ~ ‘y~ù ee~r* him. ?~o‘e suet like the picture.

	“Tau say‘ you think I e-ç,.ak verj ~od r~ng1Iah. H.h~ Heh~ ~1eh~ ~e1l, •on I ou~t to. :î b.~ every7here. ‘b ! never tuent to whet v~u ~sou1d c*ll school e~oe~t to echool as e soldier. I went to I~sltIrnore tg~ ir$4 end enlisted. I ~vae about 17 yeftre Old then. !~y offloore‘ ne~ee were Cept. Joe deed, Lleuten&nt ~3tir~eon1 end Colonel Joseph E~ Perkins. I vms es.etgrked to the Nineteenth ~sj~1.. !!%ent of ~sr~~tand Company ß. ht le I ~&s in training, they fought at P.trsburg. I rient to the regii~ertt in ‘e~ and sta~ped in UntIl ‘67. 1 ~as e cook. ~ay taken Richmond the fifth day of April 1~. C~fl th*t d~7 T ~lke~ u~ the road in ~•itchrnond.

	«~hen y. ~‚ft ~ioheond, m~r brt~p3.d~ ~e ordered to ~rownev1 11e, ?exas.

~.	Went there by‘ ~*y or Od P~ty~ Oc~ifort, where we esrt aboard a trenepoz‘t~ ~ Thøn we got to 3ro~tn~vtlte, I 17*5 det*tled t~ s hosPit*1 •tit~t. ~ arrived th ~ U. tn J&r~uary l~7. The OfllY tMt~ t~t heppned in ~rovnsville