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the signes of a battle we saw as it was in the night. the mail is very uncertain. I don't know when this letter will reach you and as for letters from you we don't look for them hardly. we came about 100 miles in the last three days & knight and eat [3?] meals besides what we happened to have in our haversacks and could not catch any rebels so I think we had better give up that. They can beat us running. we went out this morning [gay hawking?]. got lots of potatoes chickens & sheep. Well I believe as the woman that we saw said the rebels are nearly naked and and they are not in for fighting. we routed some rebels at a flour mill. they had been supplying the army with flour.