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pocket knives, digging potatoes eating berries for about 2 weeks. But you will be anxious to hear my opinion of Alabama as much of it as I have seen. It is one of the richest and most beautiful countries that can be imagined. The rebel army in retreating from here took large quantities of forage with them and yet it is flowing with abundance. Splendid fields of corn nearly ripe are to be found everywhere, intended I suppose for the rebels. Ripe peaches, apples, blackberries etc more than can be disposed of and potatoes judging from our meals are not at all scarce. I forgot to mention that since I wrote last the battery has been united and again separated into three parts no's 1 and 2 guns have gone to Athens, Ala. No's 3 and 5 are at