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for me to attempt to give you even the remotest idea of our trip across. From base to base the distance is 10 miles, 5 of it being almost a continual slope up and the other 5 a continual slant down, and almost the entire [illegible] being made up of solid rock. A detail of 25 or 30 [Cavalry?] men were stationed at points from 75 to 100 yards apart to assist in getting our 5 guns and the Division Cavalry train of wagons across. The cavalry men had to dismount from their horses and lead them across in fact it was not safe to ride. Horses and mules were killed wagons [disabled?] and rendered useless but accidents to human life were few. Only one man of one battery was hurt. [D.S.?] Richardson, a married man, whose wife resides near