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of all the forces of this district on his arrival here yesterday he is a good General [previous two words underlined] A Bulley Fighter he is our favorite Genl and we seem to be his favorite Regt. he cals us his old regulars [previous two words underlined] a name we are not ashamed of. When we left Memphis we expected to reach this point in five days but the movements of the enemy diverted us from the main road we followed them but it was like following a phantom. but while they caused us to suffer marching we mad the country suffer for we lived off of them the last five days we lived wel with the exception of Bread for five days I had not a pound of Bread by yams & sweet potatoes makes a good substitute Will you would of laughed to of witnessed some of our foraging scenes while