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copied Office Cincinnati, Peru & Chicago Rail Road La Porte, Ind, July 12 P.M. 1863 Dear good wife Since writing you this P.M. I have thought perhaps you would like to have me write you the general news here. There is great Excitement here over the invasion of this state by John Morgan with rebel cavalry & artillery. I wrote you something about it Friday. Mr L. Paine, Rev. Mr Noyes, James Moore & many others have gone from here as privates to help drive him out of the state. There will be two other companies ready to go Tuesday if they need them. It is yet uncertain what the object of the invasion is whether to destroy Indianapolis & Jeffersonville or for the purpose of diverting the attention of government from some other move being made by the rebels. There has been great rejoicing here over the fall of Vicksburg & Meade's victory at Gettysburg near the Potomac. Lee's army is still on the north side of the Potomac which river is so high that his army cannot retreat a unclear in, & in all human probabilities there will be another great battle & if Lee's army is whipped it will be a terrible disaster to the rebels, but if