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15TH REGIMENT. GEN. INFANTRY. JULY 22, 18-- DEAR BROTHER,

I RECEIVED YOURS THE DAY THAT WE LEFT CAMP POPE* I AM WELL AND FEEL MUCH BETTER THAN WHILE AT [____] WE HAVE MUCH BETTER WATER THAN WE HAD AT CAMP POPE*. THE BOYS ARE ALL IN GOOD SPIRITS WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS. WE LEFT CAMP POPE* ON THE 18TH AND ON ACCOUNT OF THERE NOT BEING BUT TWO BOATS FOR THE REGIMENTS. WE STAY IN ALTON. WE

• CAMP POPE WAS NAMED AFTER GENERAL JOHN POPE EST. 1862