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you are well aware of the result. I do not write this to make you think of the suffering she endured but to show you how the Lord had so planned for my redemption. And I hope & pray that William will profit by her sickness. Do not think i will forget you never could I do that, and never do I wish to neglect the duty I owe you for your kindness that you have bestowed on your wandering son, one that has caused you many a sorrow. I hope and pray that you have forgiven me of the sorrow that I have given you. We are camped close to a Bayou which gives us an exelent opertunity of bathing. It is called the Roundabout Bayou. The plantation on which we are camped is owned by a Rebel General named Homes. It is the finest plantation I have seen since we have been in Dixie. It has an exelant saw mill & cotton gin combined. We at present are using the saw mill making flat boards & sundry other thing. It comes in