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In the field near Blakely, Ala. April 7th 1865, My beloved Mother, I hurredly write you a few lines to inform you I am still in the land of the living and am well. I wrote you on the eve of our departure from Pensacola, Fla. Since then we have experienced many hardships but we bear all with good grace knowing all is for the best and that our cause is Just. I can not attempt to give you an account of our march, for having not much time to write. Suffice it to say it was a rough one. We were for 6 days on half rations. Some of the troops only had one hard tac a day. I had plenty to eat. On the 25th March we had a fight with the Rebs, whipped them badly captured 120, 18 officers, 1 General