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Huntsville Ala Feby 9th 1864 Dear Brother Your kind form of Jany 31th came to hand yesterday afternoon and as we march for Nashville in the morning you must excuse a hasty answer. Having been attached to the country command as you are aware since leaving Murpheesboro last Janu. and seeing rather rough service crofsing and recrofsing mountains, the carriages of our guns became so shattered as to be unfit for service. Through the combined efforts of Genl Crook and Lieut Robinson, we have