July 24 – 25, 1862

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Today was appointed
by the General Inspector of some Forage
Caps [?] in the 1st. Brigade.
Attended to the business at
6p.m.
No letter tonight.

25

I should like to be a Quarter
Master in the U.S. Army. I like to
work on accounts—especially where
the system is so perfect as in the
Quarter Master and Commissary
departments.