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8 hours out of 24. rain or no rain but we have blankets over us. I dont know whether our 32 pounders has come yet or not if the traitors want to take us let them pitch in we are all spilin for a fight they cant land within 4 miles of Cairo without being all launched in to eternity there is no more sighes of fighting here than there was at Springfield John you want to know what we do when we are not drilling we do any thing we please so we dont leave the Camp grounds we have lots of fun some of the boys sings some dance and some go fishing we are allowed to shoot