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1864-12-16-Page 02

I hope to get some papers as soon as the mail comes
A little about our journey the first point we struck the rail road running to Augusta was at Sircle a small town and depot we followed up this road some distance and then made for Millidgeville the Capitol entered the City the 22d,, of Nov,,  lay here one day and started on.  I will try and give more particulars and incidents of the march next time,  there is so much to write about I cant tell what to mention first.
I should like to know if Deloss is exchanged some of the women told me that all of our prisoners had been exchanged and sent north I saw one paper that said they were delivering them over to the Yankees  I hope it is so and that Deloss is with you now.  'We certainly mad them some trouble with our prisoners.  I saw a large Stockade at Millen where they had been confined it was a horrid looking place about ten thousand was said to have been confined there, their old wooden and dirt huts were standing, they were obliged to remove the prisoners but whither they were exchanged or not I do not know.
We have lived on the country, and had plenty of sweet potatoes when we were moving but now we live on beef and a half

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I hope to get some papers as soon as the mail comes A little about our journey the first point we struck the rail road running to Augusta was at Sircle a small town and depot we followed up this road some distance and then made for Millidgeville the Capitol entered the City the 22d,, of Nov,, lay here one day and started on. I will try and give more particulars and incidents of the march next time, there is so much to write about I cant tell what to mention first. I should like to know if Deloss is exchanged some of the women told me that all of our prisoners had been exchanged and sent north I saw one paper that said they were delivering them over to the Yankees I hope it is so and that Deloss is with you now. 'We certainly mad them some trouble with our prisoners. I saw a large Stockade at Millen where they had been confined it was a horrid looking place about ten thousand was said to have been confined there, their old wooden and dirt huts were standing, they were obliged to remove the prisoners but whither they were exchanged or not I do not know. We have lived on the country, and had plenty of sweet potatoes when we were moving but now we live on beef and a half