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some say we are going over the Mountains

others to Knoxville, and more to

Virginia; but it's all the same to us

though I had rather be in Va. on some

accounts. but should rather be in Tenn.

if we could stop at this Poste. However

its all one in the end.

We had quite a fire in the town night

before last, which broke out in the

Rail Road House near the Depot

burning it to the ground not leaving

lumber enough to build a shebang

They have no fire engines there and

I dont suppose one half the natives

ever saw one consequently water had

to be passed by hand but there was

pleanty of hands to do it as there are

three regiments quartered here. Our mess

got a number of cans of preserved Peaches

which were not bad to take by any means

In fact about every man in the regiment

go one or more. And now you can't

move without stumbling over a Peach Can