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hundred there has been an order isued lately ordering all men to their Regiments who were able for th field. I can see that preparations are being made for an active Spring campaign In the course of the day I visited the battle ground where the heaviest fighting was done at the battle of New Orleans in Eighteen hundred and Some year and I have forgotten what. There is a monument erected in memory of the spot, which is seventy feet high, with a winding stair up the center, it is built of granite from the top of the tower a person can see all over the City, and all the surrounding country inside the timbered Swamps. Wm Smith has been in the Hospital for some weeks with the Small Pox, he is now nearly well but badly pited The health of the Regiment is not as good as would be expected under the sircumstances in which we are placed, there are almost as many sick as there would be in the field No more to night So good night for the present With love to all from your Aff. Brother Carlie