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Septem 3th 1863

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Disertinge ande severel more in the garde House fore the same Deede ande will gite the same sentence whene tried. 4th 1863 Returnede of Three Dayes pickite inge there ware a man tride to gite a through Hour lines laste nighte of whitch Hea gote too shotes Bute nerey wone tooke efectee Bute Brote Him to a stande But then Bounded a way ande made His escape. franke Benete [i.e., Pvt. Francis Bennett, Co. B, 73rd Ohio Infantry] Returnde to the Regemente