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Nashville Tenn Wednesday Dec 10th

Dear Brother

     Your letter containing sad news was received on Monday.   It will of course grieve father very much, but such is the fate of all, either sooner or later. 
         I expect a letter from some of the older members of our family mentioning the particulars of their illnefs more fully as you had but just heard of it when finishing your letter.   When I wrote my last letter home, we were at B.G. and under marching orders for Nashville.  On last Thursday morning about 6 o'clock two sections of our battery the right and center started for N -  the left section guns 5 and 6