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we formed in a line of battle and started for them through a field that that had grew up with [burs??] about as high as a mans head but we did go far before they Skedaddle a way we followed them Some distance but it was no use when these rebs gits to running it is a hard Job to ketch them I tell we had plenty to eat will on the march Such as fresh pork chickens and turkeys Sweet potatoes and other things two tedious to mention we done Some hard marching and a good many of the boys [piped??] out and was hauled on the wagons and ambulances I got to ride 12 miles my leg is about the Same as it has bin for Some time [illegible]