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Corinth, Mississippi, Oct 15th, Dear Sister, I suppose your all anxious to hear from us as it has been a long time since I have writen to you or any one else. We have been so constantly on the move that I have had no opportunity to write. We were at Courtland, Ala. when I received your last letter. On the 24th of Aug. we pulled up stakes and left there and after two days march we camped in the mountains eighteen miles south of Tuscumbia. There was but a part of our Reg. and a part of the 3rd Michigan there. After doing considerable picketing and scouting in that vicinity and having taken some rebels we struck our tents and started for Tuscumbia. We started about ten oclock at night Sept. 5th and arived at Tuscumbia a little before day. The next evening our reg. was placed on guard all around the city while infantry and bagage trains were evacuating the place and going west with all possible dispatch. About midnight, the place having been evacuated sevral hours, we were called off and followed on after the rest and we traveled on double quick until we caught up. Sept. 7th we marched all day and set down at night on buzzard-roost creek near Buzzard-roost station. That night we got a good sleep with the exception of getting up at three o clock in the morning. . That was the morning of the 8th and we had to travel back sevral miles to guard a railroad bridge until some cotton could be hauled off. Sept. 11th we marched on and stopped a few miles west of Buzzard-roost and near twelve o clock at night. Sept. 12th arived at Big-bear creek. Co. D was left to guard a bridge and supposing we were going to remain sevral days we put up our tents erected tables etc. etc. but about nine o clock having just gone to bed and while it was raining and darker than Egypt the order came for us to pack up and travel and a little before day on the morning of the 13th we arived at Iuca where we unsadled and laid down for a short nap. But about sun up we were roused up by the reports of firearms and before we could roll up our beds and saddle artilery as well small arms began to play showing that things was rapidly coming to a crisis. We stoped on the north side of town while the alarm was on the south side. We passed through town on the double quick raising an immense volume of dust from the