We have a copy in the hand of David Jones, Co. D,82nd O.V.I. He spent
18 months in prison camps, most of it in Andersonville except for the
3 moths he escaped but never got out of Georgia.
Sounds like copies were made by a number of soldiers perhaps while
they were at Annopolis awaiting discharge.
The last paragraph would indicate it was written while the war was stilll going on.

RBF