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where starvation stares me in the face as bad as it does there will give you the prices of a few leading articles, Flour 1.25 pr pound Bacon 100 Corn Meal 2.50 pr bush. Eggs 1.00 per doz Chickens 1.00 a piece Butter 200 pr. pd. Calico fro 1.50 to 2.00 yd. Bed Ticking 3.00 5.00 pr yd. and every thing else in proportion is not much use to burn bridges in front of us, for in six hours after our troops arrived at the place our forces were passing over on a pontoon bridge. The Alton boys are all well, except John Dolbee whom we have plagued nearly to death, for feigning sickness during the fight. We shall probably be moving on towards Vicksburg in a few days. I think that Photograph of Charlie is very good. I am told there will be a mail go to the Gulf when the commissary teams return, so will bring this to a close With love for all From Your Aff. Brother Carlie P. S. this is a sesech envelope I have seen some that were made out of conscription paper