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           Camp Desolation Marth 19th

Dear Sister

                  I am sitting on the

ground with this paper on my little

count book and am a going to try

and answer your letter that I received

yesterday my armes and acotroments

lay beside me on the ground the men

are hurrying to and fro about me we

have stoped here to wait until the transports

can come and take us a board.  we have

to guard the amunition train which

consists of one hundred and twenty waggons

drawn by three hundred and sixty teams  I have

been detailed as one of the [troniers?] our duty

is to go ahead and see that the way is

clear  we have shot and shell enough to

bury Richmond although we cannot tell

whether we are going to advance onto that

place or not.  we are on a hill that over

looks the Potomac there was a larger number