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Roswell Cobb Co Ga July 12th 1864 My Dear Father Your kind letter of July 2nd came to hand yesterday and I also received at the same time a splendid black hat. The latter I am sorry to say suited me to perfection but was a trifle smaller than I could passibly wear. (7 1/4 being my size) and so I let one of the boys have it for $5.00. A great many hats have been received in our camp by mail lately and everybody likes the one I received better than any one that has come into camp. The rim being so broad that it was just suited to this southern climate. If