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of troop left here yesterday and I see quite
a number of Steamers anchored in
the river and taking in coal for a long
trip some where ther is some gun boats
here now probably you will hear from them
before long. well this is rather of a hard
place to write. I guess that I will shift
my quarters and see if I cannot do better
I am sorry that you are not suited with
the picture I sent you. you would not
ask a man to open his eyes [hun?] he had
not had them shut for forty right hours
and as to holding my head so high
[a solder?] is obliged to or he will have
what I call a dog collar to wear
around his neck. you say that I looked
ugly well that is natural or at least some
of the regulars think so. it is a strange
fact that the regulars and the volunteers
cannot agree the have knocked down and
robed some of our men but once they barked
up the wrong tree for they got severely
whipped and taken to the provost marchal