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Benton Barracks, St Louis Sep. 6th 1862

To the loved ones at home

Well here we are in the barracks of St. Louis and a real pretty place it is. We left Keokuct on the 4th as I suppose you have heard. I dropped a few times just before we left. We had a good steam boat ride coming down. The whole Regiment came in one boat. the Mc Gill [illegible line] in 24 hours traveling all knight. Our march from Camp Lincoln down to the boat was awful I don't believe you would have known us if you had seen when we reached there for we