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Courtland, Alabama, Lawrance Co., Aug. 4th,

Dear Sister, While we were camped at Jacinto Tishomingo Co. Mississippi I received a letter bareing date of July 13th to which was attached your name in glowing and unmistakeable characters. It was the first letter I had received from home for a long time though I had writen you four times. I suppose you will eventually get those messages so that I kneede not go over the same ground again. Directly after receiving your letter it and I in company with the 7th reg Ills cav was on the road to this place. We prepared to take up