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Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 18th 1863, Dear Sister, I received a letter from home a few days since a part of which had been writen on the 30th of July and a part hadent. A part had been writen by you and a part hadent and I was glad to hear that if you were not well that you were getting well, may these lines find you entirely recovered. We remained camped on the same ground we occupied when I wrote to you last, and there has but few events of special interest transpired so my letter will be short and prosey. This company, with others in all about 150 men, has been on one little scout of three days and went pretty nigh around Memphis at the distance of seventeen miles more or less. We crossed some pretty ugly streams, one that we had to ferry, a recent rain having caused the creeks to get on a high. Every thing was quiet in this vicinity, we only saw one rebel during the scout. We saw where four gurrillas had stopped five days loaded with cotton within eight miles of Memphis. They burned the cotton and took the mules with them. Government had nothing to do with the affair... Citizens suffer more from the gurrillas than uncle sam... The prospects are very favorable at present, for a speedy termination of the war. It might have been ended long ago if there had not been so many traitors in the north, as it is a sufficient number of men