[from the diary of the Rev. Francis Butler, chaplain of the 25th New Jersey]

Thurs. 2nd. – rode horse to Central Park in rain, & bot him
for $150 – packed up & at 2, left N. Y. for Camp
Caldwallader at Beverly – with Mr. H   Joe & Willie
     Stopd. a fight bet. two soldiers on boat in virtue of
my shoulder straps.  Gen. Geo Robeson recd. us very
cordially also Col. [Andrew] Derrom – Jno [Henry Baggs] & horse arrived
stopd. at the Summers   boardg house with Gen & Staff
     attended barrack prayer meetg.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

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