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formerly beloved country, which is done in the following manner. We have quite a number of good tip-tip singers in our company all these constitute our choir. Well when we meet a real old secesh, as described above, after camping in the evening, we [take?] our choir and bring to his dwelling station them at his front gate to amuse him and his fair [daughters?] by their melodious singing. In the meanwhile another squad are in the rear in the neighborhood of his poultry and cattle yard being amused by the almost silent groaning of expiring turkeys, geese, Chickens, etc. That is the way we worked it last Wednesday evening about the time you were about the time you were at prayer - meeting. Why turkeys and chickens are considered almost nothing among our extra rations and a good - sized yearling falling to the ground as almost an every day occurrence. Since we arrived in Bowling Green we are having extra government rations. We have had my good old mush every morning, which you can bet I relish and also bakers soft bread, in stead of the army shingles. These extra rations will continue as long as we remain in the neighborhood of Bowling Green. The next time I write I may give a short description of the latter place. In your last letter, you say that