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 Letter of Abiel T. LaForge to his sister, ca. July 11, 1864
-LETTER Hd. Qrs. "I" Co. 106st N.Y.V. 1st Brig. 3rd Div. 6th AC.\\
+Hd. Qrs. "I" Co. 106th N.Y.V. 1st Brig. 3rd Div. 6th AC.\\
 In the field Monday July 4th 64
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 Bijou.
+Abiel T. LaForge Letters\\
+U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
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-Abiel T. LaForge Letters\\
+Diary Entry of Abiel T. LaForge
+...Monday 18th Halt of the 6th Army Corps in Snickers Gap Shenandoah Mts of this halt I take advantage and shall write up my neglected memoranadum. also if I have time write to sister. I wrote a letter to Miss Porter at Baltimore and have it in my pocket yet, not having had a chance to mail it. On Sunday- 10th Our brave but defeated little army under Genl Wallace reached Ellicotts Mills - 10 miles west of Balto- were marched into a beautiful grove near the town & camped, My servant who had been behind & was I feared captured came up with my provisions & blankets the arrival of the three gave me much comfort both mentally & physically. Remained all night luxuriously sleeping among the thick leaves & obtaining in large doses the much needed rest, after two days of excessive fatigue.
+On Monday 11th Geo. Powell- Lt of "K"- and I went down to the village without our shoulder straps- we never wear them on a campaign- and had a deal of attempting to make the liquor venders believe we _were officers. they were prohibited from selling to privates, and insisted on classing us among that order, probably having never seen officers just from the battlefield before- we were looking rather rough. We went into a place for a glass of ale- t'was "no go" "we were not officers, could not sell them" &c. were our only replies, while we were parleying an officer in full uniform came in with whom I had been an picket at Monocacy. I laughingly told him my difficulty, He soon set matters right by explaining to "mine host" that it was not the style of the officers of the Army of the Potomac to put on many airs or extras, & most of them dressed the Same as privates; After this I got what I wanted. I also got some lime water to dress my face which had been badly burned by a fellow spattering red-hot greese upon it- accidentally of course- the day before. Three hours before sundown broak camp and started for Baltimore- the Q. M. stores in town could not be saved, there was danger of their falling into the hands of the enemy so they were destributed gratuitously to the men. Proceeded to Balto- by rail arrived after dark and bivouacked near the upper Balto- & O- R.R. depot, remained there all night...
+Abiel T. LaForge Diary\\
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