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15TH Reg. Ill. Vol. JULY 22, -61 DEAR BROTHER,

I RECEIVED YOURS THE DAY THAT WE LEFT CAMP POPE* I AM WELL AND FEELL MUCH BETTER THAN WHILE AT Alton 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 THREE REGIMENTS WE STAY IN ALTON. We loged? in the out-houses and shops of the old states prison. we left the next day on the Meteor for St. Charles in Missouri as we entered the mouth of the Missouri river we met with a 2nd accident - a sergeant of the ? Co was jerked off the boat while dipping water from the side of

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