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(as far as I was premited to know) from begining untill I inlisted and wonder how many old matters have been settled up. some of them not as satisfactory as might be desired I fear but a soldier has no right to be thinking about business at the present state of our Country. as for myself I expect to remain in the Army prehaps a number of years yet. sometimes there seems but little inducement but the circumstances would be very agrivating indeed that would cause me to resign. I see no prospects of my being disgrace fully [mustard?] out of the service unless some one should take offence at the plain remarks I make about Northern Traitors and Abolitionist.

The money that Allison of Ford Scott sends you please place to my credit am very glad that you wrote him to send it to you. I shall write him from here.

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