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Murfreesboro Sabbath afternoon May 10th, 1863

My dear Sister,

   The days and weeks fly swiftly by, and letters bound for home, are numerous and frequent, while ones from there, in return, are both few and far between.  The last I heard from home was dated April 27th, (father) which was promptly answered, and 1 or 2 written since.  Well, may be I have better facilities and more time to write, than my friends at home have at least, I am going to think and content my self accordingly.  We had inspection this morning and are going to have the Sabbath afternoon for 1/2 a days rest.  We get the Nashville papers in Camp daily, about 11 o'clock am, and they are looked for anxiously, notwithstanding they but seldom contain