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Louisville, Ky. Tuesday Nov. 18, 1862, My Dear Sister, I have recvd but one short letter from you for four weeks and I begin to think of stopping my letters. I have been sick with the mumps for some time being confined to my tent all the time the surgeon thinks I am not sick enough to go the hospital as we leave this afternoon for Memphis or some other place down the river. I do not know what will be done with me. Dan Merrett arrived in Camp yesterday direct from home and swears he will have his old possition of Sargeant or burst the Co. Direct to Paris your next letter, and let the answer to this be a speedy one. W. W. Colby Per Henry W. Whipple