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Sept. 16th/62 On the East Bank of the River Hatchie one mile East of Boliver Tennessee. I have pitched my tent and sit my self down this beautiful morning the 16th September after a good nights rest (the first that I have enjoyed for two weeks) to drop a line to my old and much esteemed Friend William [previous word underlined] Will there is much that I should like to say to you that I can't say in a short letter but I wil endeaver to put all in that I can to make it interesting we arrived at this place last night after a tedious & circuitous march from Memphis we was near two weeks on the march the weather the most part of the time was oppressively Hot and dust very deep water scarce all those things together caused the march to be a very fatiguing one