[from the diary of Francis G. Hale of the 34th Ohio Zouaves]

It is snowing like
everything this morning
and looks like we would
have a big snow of it
will only stay on a while
we will have lots of fun
the boys are snowing
one another like every
thing it snowed till
night but it melted
a goodele and did not
get deepe it is only a
few inches deepe in places
and lots of places there is
none it is very bad under
foot the boys ar talking
a bout winter quarters
they do not know
where we will go to

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