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brick from England. but so goes the world

As Col Cogswell toled a farmer on our

march from Harpers Ferry, who complained

and thought twas harde for us to burn

his rail fence, for fire wood, Coggy admited

that it might be hard, but he thought twas

a damed sight harder for his men to

sleep in the snow without fires. As a

naturale consequence that farmer had

no fence in the morning. like thousands

of others in Virginia. Wherever the army goes

every thing goes before it what was a forest

yesterday is to morrow a clearing with hard

ely a branch left up from the spot.

But I will tell you some news. on new years

day I received an apointment as Coperal

my first step from the meanest position

a man ever held, You ask me how I

fare, Well I have enough to doe, enough

to wear, and enough to eat, when

Lincons sechese Villians whome he keeps

in office, will let us have it, (Meigs & Co)

the S___s of B____s