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March 24 This is a most delightful day clear and cool We marched 10 miles yesterday Are now encamped near Pits Burren creek, which is being pontooned. Have had no opportunity of mailing this as yet. Have been occupying myself this morning in washing myself and cloths. Bill Perrin has just come in with a splendid Boquet of flowers, wish I had an opportunity of sending you one All the kids that I know is the dog wood blossom Red Bud, and violets. The green border is fern, and the leaves from the Spire wood. We have none of our commissioned Officers with the Company Lt. Lawrence of Co. E is comand Capt. Lewis is A.A.A.G on Col. Spicelys (Comdg. the Brigade) Staff. Lt Davis in charge of the Ambulance Corps of the Div. and the day before we left Pensacola Hazard recd. an order from the War Dept. revokeing his commission. When we were at Barrancas the Inspector General made inquireies in regard to the number of men in the Co. at the time which was only 82 and 85 in his muster [begin vertical writing] The minimum for which a Second Lt. could be mustered Do not know whether he will succeed in clearing himself or not at least he will get an honorable discharge and only the mustering affair will be blamed [vertical writing end]