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no one like Dr. Turner, but of late those have turned against him that he has tried the hardest to please, they are begining to find out that all his movements are to gain popularity. The Chaplain with the exception of drunkenness is about the same kind of man, there is nothing that is to mean for him to do. He stole a horse from the Government and sent it home, the horse was captured near Port Gibson, and all captured property has to be turned over to the Q. M. for Government use. He took an oath that the horse was sent to him from the north, this he had to do to get to send the horse. This will be one of the charges against him by the Dr. Sallie asked me in one of her letters if she should send me dried fruit I would sooner have canned fruit and Vegetables Tomatoes if you have them I have not had a mess this year By getting an order from a commissioned officer we can get [begin vertical writing, right margin] dried fruit at Gov. costs [end vertical writing, right margin] [begin vertical writing, left margin:] Jimmy Rowe is Acting Hospital Steward our former on Curtis has gone to the Corps Hospital [end vertical writing, left margin]