Hurrah! Hurrah!! Hurrah!!! Can't holler except on paper.
Good news. Seven detachments ordered to be ready to go at a moment's notice. Later.—All who cannot walk must stay
behind. If left behind shall die in twenty-four hours. Battese says I shall
go. Later.—Seven detachments
are going out of the gate; all the sick are left behind. Ours is the tenth
detachment and will go to-morrow so said. The greatest excitement; men wild
with joy. Am worried fearful that I cannot go, but Battese says I shall.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p. 93
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