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I'm in the middle of a book, "The Cormany Diaries" A Northern Family In The Civil War. Edited by James C. Mohr.
I have never, ever come across an entry like this. Certainly I understand the meaning of the trap but why and how would the captain be doing this? That's what I haven't come across.
Page 249, November 17, 1862 Monday. Spent most of day on Co. Books. Finished Co. descriptive Book. The men are good, only too good to me, tempting me with cigars and things I am better without. Yesterday---by order of The Captain I wrote a "trap" letter, and by it found out that one of our Men is not "true blue"--Kept original and sent a copy--He'll "smoke" a little.
I'm many pages past this entry and there is no more reference to it. I've never seen any reference to anything like this in any other diary, either from a company clerk or from a captain. And there is no copy of the letter either. Any idea who/what they are trying to trap?
I have never, ever come across an entry like this. Certainly I understand the meaning of the trap but why and how would the captain be doing this? That's what I haven't come across.
Page 249, November 17, 1862 Monday. Spent most of day on Co. Books. Finished Co. descriptive Book. The men are good, only too good to me, tempting me with cigars and things I am better without. Yesterday---by order of The Captain I wrote a "trap" letter, and by it found out that one of our Men is not "true blue"--Kept original and sent a copy--He'll "smoke" a little.
I'm many pages past this entry and there is no more reference to it. I've never seen any reference to anything like this in any other diary, either from a company clerk or from a captain. And there is no copy of the letter either. Any idea who/what they are trying to trap?