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We remained at Camp "Pine Island"
until the evening of May 29th, when
The "long [?]" bid us once more
lay aside the pleasures and lux
-uries
of camp life and prepare
for the stiring scenes of battle,
it bid us to cease for awhile, to dreaming
of far off Texas and our prai-
rie homes, where the days of infan
-cy and child hood had been spent,
and to buckle on our armour &
indicate our countrys cause, whose
liberty & rights, we considered, para
-mount to life and treasure, hence
we were prepared, to meet the
foe, and with willing hands &
determined hearts, we took one
long farewell, look at our old
& pleasant camp, in whose

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