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when we get our Blankets so I send quilt & all. Saml. Campbell is going- if he goes- to try to get little Sammy to come up & fife for us. Our music is most miserably stuff- the best fifer (Jordan) hasn't been able to play scarcely since he came up. The Capt. & several of the Boys started for S- recruiting yesterday. I hope to get a furlough after we are mustered in if possible but it may be I can't. You & Pa had better come up any how & see in what Kind of style we live. & see a Regt. of good looking men in Full uniform I recd. a letter from Cousin Eliza last week- she is in Farmington now. I havn't been up to see the 112th yet but want to go if I can soon. Our Boys are still leaving since & coming in some- Old Crook fetched Jesse in yesterday & John Pritchard left- I reckon he thought he had some good clothes & he might as well leave. I guess some one had been telling him he wouldn't be recd. & he might as well leave- but if he ain't [well?] he will have to give his "duds" back again Chas. has got his situation all fixed outright. I suppose Robt. Slacks brother (Capt. Slack) was here to day he says he -Robt- will be mustered in as a Lieut. because his name was reported at Springfield as legaly elected Lieut. [vertical writing begin] & the Boys had no power to put him out -If he should be [vertical writing end]