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Saturday morning I had just rooled myself up for a sleep thinking how lucky I was to be out of the rain when fireing was heard from the pickets in one half minute the drums beat the long roll, each man was provided with ten rounds of cartrige and off we went double quick on the Lexington road as we neared the pickets we [crossed out text begin] answered their fire [crossed out text end] were drawn in line of battle and answered their fire. After waiting half an hour and hearing nothing more returned to camp. Number killed 0 slightly scared several. The way I got to town for my picture was our wagoner was going after forage. I got the privelige of going with him as the mules are all green I returned with to the lines and then went back to the city. My rubber blanket was just what I wanted it is light and of good quality. What do you think of my picture Wm. Perrin says it looks as though I had been eating crab apples. I do not like them there is to much nigar about it. Write whether I get it or not. Direct to Camp near Covington [vertical writing begin] I expect I must have seased making mistakes in writing as Sara does not correct me any more [vertical writing end]