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saying that it can not be true that it is a Military nesesity of the Confederacy to make such reports others are drunken jubilant from the news and are ready to fight any one that crosses their opinion. As for the prisoners they are not so jubilant as they were at the Red river victories. I have sent you an Album by Express, presume you will have recd. before this letter. I intended it for a surprise so have said nothing about it. Had intended to send more pictures of Generals Also some of our Regt. and Company Officers, the latter shall yet try to procure Of the Generals I wanted to have sent Landrum, A. J. Smith, and Burbridge. We are again flush with money yesterday the Pay master let us have two months pay squareing us up to the first of May. Would you like to know what my bill of fare was for dinner to day Six of us hired a niggar and had a smashing dinner Vegatable diet New Potatoes, Corn, Peas, and a Strawbary dumpling. Do you not think that will do for a birthday/anaversery Some difference from one year ago when I marched untill [begin vertical writing] twelve Oclock at night makeing over twenty miles and never thought of my birthday for a week afterwards [vertical writing end]