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We could see but very little land that you could find enough ground to cover a mile of corn as it is litterally covered with stone. Lots of the farms are fenced with stone. Some places we passed over put me very much in mind of Old Times. the high and rugged hills covered with pine and chestnut with a variety of other trees and bushes we were used to in the East. I tell you I looked upon it with pleasure. We are now in the first Briggade of the third division of the southwestern borders, composed of the 19th Iowa, 20th Wis Infantry, 1st Iowa Cav, 7th Mo Melitia cav with company