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our army under [[Meade?]] is beaten it will be a hard blow for us. [[Meade?]] has thusfar shown himself a good commander & the army of the Potomac have done [[ | our army under [[Meade?]] is beaten it will be a hard blow for us. [[Meade?]] has thusfar shown himself a good commander & the army of the Potomac have done [[nobly?]] under him. I await the next battle with great anxiety. [[unclear]] has driven [[unclear]] army back out of Tennessee, & they have retreated to [[Chattanooga?]] a place strongly fortified by nature & art, [[unclear]] I suppose is now cooperating with [[unclear]] Banks [[against?]] [[Port?]] [[Hudson?]] & on the lower Mississippi. The rebels had turned their whole attention to Banks & had got him & his forces in a pretty tight place [[our?]] of which I hope [[unclear]] will help him now in time to save him. The French have been victorious in Mexico & have taken the City of Mexico & rumor say Napoleon now proposes to interfere in our affairs. We have hardly seen the sun since Thursday [[unclear]] [[unclear]] of a dense smoke or fog. I never saw anything like it. I thought last night it would surely rain before morning. The wind blew hard & it was very cold, but this morning there were no more signs of rain than there have been for several days previous. Keep the children away from the grain after it is [[out?]], for rattle snakes are very [[unclear]] to conceal themselves under the grain as in [[unclear]] in bundles on [it?]] [[shocks?]] Has Mr [[youngs?]] [[horse?]] got well yet. Remember me to Ellen, Anna, Mr Sheldon & Mr youngs folks - your affectionate husband N. Kendall | ||
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our army under Meade? is beaten it will be a hard blow for us. Meade? has thusfar shown himself a good commander & the army of the Potomac have done nobly? under him. I await the next battle with great anxiety. unclear has driven unclear army back out of Tennessee, & they have retreated to Chattanooga? a place strongly fortified by nature & art, unclear I suppose is now cooperating with unclear Banks against? Port? Hudson? & on the lower Mississippi. The rebels had turned their whole attention to Banks & had got him & his forces in a pretty tight place our? of which I hope unclear will help him now in time to save him. The French have been victorious in Mexico & have taken the City of Mexico & rumor say Napoleon now proposes to interfere in our affairs. We have hardly seen the sun since Thursday unclear unclear of a dense smoke or fog. I never saw anything like it. I thought last night it would surely rain before morning. The wind blew hard & it was very cold, but this morning there were no more signs of rain than there have been for several days previous. Keep the children away from the grain after it is out?, for rattle snakes are very unclear to conceal themselves under the grain as in unclear in bundles on [it?]] shocks? Has Mr youngs? horse? got well yet. Remember me to Ellen, Anna, Mr Sheldon & Mr youngs folks - your affectionate husband N. Kendall