Saturday, September 24.— A new officer arrived at the navy room. He was captured at Plymouth last February. The navy made some egg-nog, of which we had our share. Day cloudy most of the time. Scrubbed out the room. Spent the evening in the navy room, singing, etc. Had quite a scene in jail to-day. A rebel deserter was brought in. He was captured in the street, his two sisters being with him. When he was brought into the jail the sentry tried to keep the sisters out, but they shrieked and screamed and fought, and finally dodged in under the guard’s bayonet, and joined their brother amid the applause of the surrounding multitude.
War Diary and Letters of Stephen Minot Weld.
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