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Springfield Sep 25th 1862 Dear ones at home How do you all do? I'm agoing to write again. thoug you did not write a very full letter the last. I recd your last about a week ago with the letter from F.D. Jewitt I saw Frank the day after. I read it. He is well and hearty. Kimble (the old back) is well. John Schaeffer is in the 3 Iowa cav he was here to see us but I was not at camp [J.B.S?] is in the army, I dont know exactly where I think he is at St Louis. When we were in St. L. we saw Hank Fletcher and Robert Watts. They with a few others brought in some secesh prisoners. They appear to like the service very well. But I suppose they would not be sorry to hear that the war would soon end. There appears to be some better sign's of a termination of the troubles now than we have had. From what I can understand the Rebbles have ben badly whipped in Virginia and that the President has issued something to the effect that