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I would not be supprised if we get a chance to come home this fall though it is not certain. I hope we will for I am tired of soldiering but I would not have a discharge if I could get it. I wan to see the rebellion put down and the supremacy of the best governments on earth fully established. It is likely that a strong force of cavalry will be retained, even after the rebel armies are broken up and their strongholds retaken, for the purpose of suppressing gurilla bands. Tonite a large number of D deserters have come to us from Corinth and we have taken prisnors in large numbers. They all report southners badly disheartened and their papers show the same. ... I have not received a letter from the north for a long time. I wrote to Caroline not long since. Hoping to hear from you before long, I remain your Brother, Chas. W. Gallentine. Direct to Pitsburge landing Tennessee, Pope's divis. 7th Ill. Cav. Co. D