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rebels, and near which he had his left arm shot away by a cannonball. He was then an orderly sergeant but returns a 2nd Lieut. The fortifications around here are quite formidable, and are being still farther strengthened. At [M?] all is bustle and activity, "hard tacks" piled stories high and huge piles of sacks of corn, etc. testifies there is yet something left to eat, although foraging has ceased from a lack of supplies the country having been stripped for miles, the enemy taking from a corn crib one day and ours the next. I have just got in from a brigade drill and dress parade going a mile or two and being two or three hours on the former, I might not be able to write so often hereafter, but I hope you will not wait for me to write. You can get a good idea of the country hereabouts by looking at illustrations in Harpers Weekly of the 4th [inst?]. I have got the last