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Sixteen Miles from Sea. And Sixteen from land On the Pensacola and Montgomery R.R. March 22nd 1865. Dear Sister The heading of this letter gives you as good a discription of this country as I can give Although I suppose it must be called land, for it belongs to U.S. unentered, for no one ever thought enough of it to enter it, and who blames any body? I dont. A few squatters houses have been built along the road, but are now deserted Have not seen a living pig, cow, or dog, since leaving Pensacola and they say that we are only half way through the Florida flats. We left the coast early Monday morning the 97th and 24 Ind. were train guards and assistants