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Cairo May 12th 1861 Dear Brother I have just got through reading your interesting letter I was jest agoing to eat Breakfast when when I recieved 3 letters but I put them in my pocket and ate my Breakfast first if I had stoped to read the letters I would miss my Breakfast But I was such a hurry I did not eat much John the boys all got disappointed last night they were all called out last night to fight the whole regiment was formed in about 5 minutes there was some rockets went up in the air to give a Boat signal and we thought we were attacked but we