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of a few gorilers that are in this vicinity, it is most to much of a wild goose chase for me on Sunday. Yesterday two sick men from Morgans Cavalry delivered themselves up to Col. R. they were sent to Lexington. On Friday six hundred Tenniseeans passed through here on their way to Cincinnati to join a Ten. Brigade which is forming there they were driven from home by the draft of the Confederacy. If you see any thing in the papers that would interest me, cut it out and send it in a letter papers will not be sent by mail in the rebelious states, there are lore letters than can be transported. I was told that there is a wagon load of soldiers letters laying in Lexington. When you write send a sheet of paper I have plenty of envelops & money for the present. One of the boys received a letter for Camp Butler, he says that Col. Fandy the commander of the post there says that he is wiling to bet five thousand dollars that the war will close before spring, that seems to be the general impression here, I hope it may be so. Direct your to Lexington to be forewarded untill I give you diferant orders. I wrote to Capt. Moore last week requesting him to see about that many from Tennison. We have acted our own pleasure about pitching tents sometimes the wagons are half mile off, in that case we go without them. The Staff Officers of the regiment are all that are allowed to ride. Lieut. Lewis rides about half the time, the Capt. has no command over the men, there has sometimes been as many as seventeen on the wagon at once, I have never rode but once that was to relieve the teamster. The boys are one and all down on Capt. Trible and he knows it but dont let the report go out as comeing from me. The report in camp is that Capt. Mason & Lieut. Garett have both been cashiered. I weight 175 lbs. which is three pounds more than I ever weighed at home