Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
67th I Butchered a hog, went to the canyon got a load of wood. my ax
struct a limb while choping, glanced, struck my shin, cut through
my Boot, & came near cutting my shin
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