Transcriber's Note
Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.
Both "afoot" and "a-foot" appear and have not been changed.
P. 7: "insistant" changed to "insistent" (At my insistent request).
P. 24: "forteen" changed to "fourteen" (fourteen hundred strong).
P. 30: "bill" changed to "hill" (About half way up the hill).
P. 33: "Arthur Tompson" changed to "Arthur Thompson".
P. 67: "cheerfull" changed to "cheerful" (in a loud, cheerful voice).
P. 67: "closly" changed to "closely" (closely followed by the enemy).
P. 67: "of" changed to "on" (I lay flat on my belly).
P. 70: "semed" changed to "seemed" (These bullets all seemed to go through).
P. 79: "biled" changed to "boiled" (boiled shirts).
P. 90: "timesome" changed to "tiresome" (nine long, tiresome and eventful months).
P. 115: "out" changed to "our" (we abandoned our quarters).
P. 126: "crowled" changed to "crawled" (and then crawled out).