$25.00 more to-day.
How the money comes in! Many people were here to-day, some from our
neighborhood.
Between our camp
duties and so much visiting the time flies fast. The ladies of Hudson presented
us with two beautiful flags to-day, and Colonel Cowles with a horse, saddle and
bridle. It was estimated that five thousand visitors were in camp to-day. We
are the 128th Regiment the State of New York has sent out. I wonder if such a
time was made over each one. There was good speaking when the presents were
made and accepted. We certainly are having a grand send-off.
Night. There is a
circus in Hudson to-night, and the guards have their hands full keeping the
128th in camp. Many get out, and the guard-house is full of those who were
caught making the attempt.
SOURCE:
Lawrence Van Alstyne, Diary of an Enlisted Man, p. 12-13
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