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a furlough. You will probably see him. I am waiting patiently to hear your opinion of the picture which I sent to mother from Huntsville it has doubtless reached you before now. The weather here lately has been quite cold and we have busied our selves felling trees and keeping big camp fires, but between the smoke and cold, we have almost preferred the latter. Some 6 members of the 9th Penn Cav which I mentioned is reenlisting and going home we heard were frozen to death on the cars between Columbia and Nashville hard for these poor fellows.

  Sarah, I send you enclosed invitation cards to the H.S.C. reunion which of course I declined attending