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For instance a portion of [Ochenbacks?] Company that you know, from their talk I think they will go next Dan Merrell curses his Capt. now as much as he praised him when he was home. The Capt. promoted an under Seargent over Dan, because he did not come out to fight at Ark. Past he complained of sickness. It was of so little importance that I almost forgot to tell you that Maj. Hatten was one of the deserters, it is a good riddance. Our regiment secured themselves good guns at the last fight by throwing away the old ones, and picking up better ones, most of us have the [begin sideways writing] Love to All, and hoping that we may accomplish our object here, I remain your loving brother Carlie [end sideways writing]