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One man belonging to company D was robbed of one-hundred dollars at one time and thirty-five at another. Hostilities will not be carried on very actively I don't think until we have cooler weather and consequently the war news will be meager for some time to come. The Yankeys though seem to be determined to take Charlestown without further delay..... I think it was very kind of Mr. Lincoln to write a letter for you when you couldent do it for yourself. Tell him that I am very much obliged to him and that I consider it a great favor to be permitted to read his beautifully composed and well writen epistles. I would like to see Mr. Lincoln. If he becomes my brother-in-law I suppose I will have an opportunity to see and form an acquaintance with him. But Sarah if you get married before we get home I will always think you shouldent oughter have done it. I recon you had a good time up at Davenport and Rock-Island but I don't see how it happened that you got so far from home. Wasn't you skeered when you thought of the long miles that interveened between you and Mother. I advise you to run away from home as often as possible and let that lazy Nancy and lazier Josephine flourish the dish rag and go through the manual of broomsticks, attend the comisary department and clean up camp, order them to march up to the wash tub and charge upon the cook-stove for it will do them good. It will develop their mussels and give them experience in an important branch of the service