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Huntsvill Alibamia May 24th 1864

Dear companion Sarah Deal -

Your kind faver came to hand yeter day and was duely received and read with care finding that you and the famley was all well at the time you have riten as for my self at present I am well and hope when this note of reply reaches you it may find you and the family all well. We left cairo Ill. on the 10 of May and arived here on the 23 of May the distences of 300 miles we marched about 160 miles of it and the rest of the way we come by wauter we came by the way of clifton Tenn. and from their to [Molesburg ?] and from their [Founeburg ?] and from their to pulaski Tenn. at which place we rested one day and then Starded for Huntsvill. So we will Stay here 2 days and then go on to dalton Georga 250 further in order to goin General Sherman it will take us Some time to get there yet. this is the nicest country that I ever was in I belive their is the best wauter here that I ever drank Huntsvill is quite a city their is a railroad runing thrue here from Nashvill to huntsvill this is quite a mountaines country thrue every things looks well wheat is almost out in heads corn in placeses is nee high we had quite a rain last night down here.